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| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Why I want to be president – Saraki | "Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday formally declared his intention to run for the office of president of Nigeria on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki said during a dialogue with some Nigerian youths and young aspirants in Abuja that he has all it takes to preside over the affairs of Nigeria, especially with current challenges bedevilling the country. “Up and down our country today, Nigerians are crying out for succour. Many of our children are hungry. Many people are dying of avoidable or otherwise treatable diseases. Many have fallen below basic living standards, and are now among the 87 million that sealed Nigeria’s position as the country with the highest number of people in extreme poverty. “Our young people lack opportunities. The necessary education facilities and system to equip them for the future simply do not exist. We are not creating the jobs needed to usefully engage them in order to grow our economy. And too often, the youth feel shut out, prevented from having any say in the direction of this nation. “The harsh conditions of extreme poverty faced by the people, fuel the state of insecurity all over the country. Hunger, lack of education and lack of opportunities push many Nigerians into criminal activities including terrorism." | 2019 general elections , Saraki. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-i-want-to-be-president-saraki-268343.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Lamido: I’ll defeat Buhari if I secure PDP ticket | "A former governor of Jigawa State and PDP presidential aspirant, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that he will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2019 polls if he secures the party’s presidential ticket. Lamido said this, yesterday, when he addressed Nasarawa State Working Committee of the party in Lafia. The aspirant said since he is also from the North, he has more to offer to reposition the country than President Buhari. He added that since he had served the party and the country in various capacities, he understood the challenges and solutions. Lamido also called on the leadership of the party to reward faithful members ahead of the 2019 general elections. While in Makurdi yesterday, the former governor of Jigawa State took a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that it thrived on falsehood and demonising perceived opposition." | 2019 general elections, Lamido. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/lamido-i-ll-defeat-buhari-if-i-secure-pdp-ticket-268344.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Marafa Campaign Organisation distributes 51 cars | "The campaign organisation of Sen Kabiru Garba Marafa (APC, Zamfara) has distributed 51 cars, 2,000 bags of grains and 100,000 jerseys to officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and others in Zamfara State. Marafa, a ranking senator, is contesting for the governorship of the state on APC’s platform. He declared his intention to vie for the governorship race in 2019 with a pledge to tackle insecurity, boost farming, the mainstay of the people of the state, and address the increasing poverty in the state. Factional publicity secretary of the APC in Zamfara State, Bello Soja Bakyasuwa, in a statement said the items have since been distributed. The cars, he said, included 24 Peugeot 406; 12 VW Golf; 3 Peugeot 407; 6 VW Sharon; 1 Murano; 1 Highlander and four Ford buses. He listed the beneficiaries of the cars to include the state chairman of the APC, the vice chairman, three zonal vice chairmen, state secretary, youth leader, organising secretary, publicity secretary, women leader, all local government chairmen and other selected party loyalists in the state He said the 2,000 bags of grains were distributed to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), less-privileged persons and youth organizations across the state." | 2019 general elections, Marafa. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/marafa-campaign-organisation-distributes-51-cars-268345.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | 2019 general elections will be violence-free, Kalu predicts | "Chief Orji Kalu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Abia has predicted that the 2019 general elections would be violence-free across the country. Kalu made the prediction on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia, the Abia Capital. He said: “There was no violence in 2015 in spite the general fear and predictions before the polls, so there will be no violence in 2019. “The elections will be peaceful here in Abia and across the whole Federation.” He said that the ruling-APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari would stop at nothing to ensure hitch-free election. “The elections will not be marred by violence. APC-led government will leave no stone unturned to protect the nation democracy.’’ He said that the pressure of electioneering usually heated up the polity and described the development as natural and often precedent to general elections anywhere in the world. According to the ex-governor, such heat being experienced should not be mistaken as a sign of imminent violence." | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-general-elections-will-be-violence-free-kalu-predicts-268424.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Crisis in Obasanjo's ADC as Oyo faction threatens to dump party | "Following the controversial state congress held in Ibadan by some chieftains of African Democratic Congress (ADC), a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State yesterday threatened to leave the party if the national executives refused to cancel the state congress held last Tuesday. Unity Group, a group loyal to a former governor of the state, late Lam Adesina, accused a former governor, Senator Rashidi Ladoja and Chief Michael Koleosho of causing division in the party. They alleged that Ladoja and Koleosho had begun to impose their cronies on thousands of others and vowed that they would not allow such in the party. The group, led by Dr Adebisi Busari, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, representing Oyo Central senatorial district, said, “contrary to earlier assurances, a list of state exco of the party was forced on the throat of Dr Majekodunmi, the congress chairman, who without consultation, decided to do the biddings of Chief Koleoso and Chief Ladoja by announcing some names as the state exco members of the party without following due procedure for the conduct of a genuine party congress as contained in the constitution of the party.”" | 2019 general elections, African Democratic Congress (ADC). | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/crisis-in-obasanjo-s-adc-as-oyo-faction-threatens-to-dump-party-268346.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | 2019: Customs ex-officer joins Kebbi guber race | "A former Deputy Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Ibrahim Mera Ciroma, has declared his intention to contest for the Kebbi State governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general elections. He made the official declaration yesterday at the APC secretariat in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, when he met with leaders of the party. He said his focus, if given the mandate, would be on health, education and agriculture. “I also promise to pay special attention to youth and social development and will improve the state’s infrastructure,” he said. The governorship aspirant stated that his desire to contest the election was borne out of his love for the state and its people." | 2019 general elections , Kebbi State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-customs-ex-officer-joins-kebbi-guber-race-268347.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | 2019: Buhari group urges supporters to collect PVCs | "The Buhari Support Organisation (BSO), Katsina State chapter, has called on supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari to collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) from INEC offices nationwide to actualise the second term bid of the president. Coordinator of the group in Katsina, who is also spokesman to the deputy governor, Ibrahim Musa Kalla, made the call yesterday in an interview with newsmen in Katsina. He said failure by some registered voters to collect their PVCs could deprive thousands of people the right to choose credible leaders in the forthcoming general elections. Kalla also called on well-meaning Nigerians and the entire people of Katsina to collect the PVCs, saying “come out en mass during the elections and cast your votes again for President Buhari and Governor Aminu Bello Masari for continued progress and development.”" | 2019 general elections , Buhari. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-buhari-group-urges-supporters-to-collect-pvcs-268348.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Adamawa gov’ship: Emmanuel Bello picks SDP forms | "Chief Emmanuel Bello has obtained the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship nomination and expression of interest forms to contest 2019 election in Adamawa State. Bello, who spoke after picking the forms, pledged to reduce unemployment in the state to curb the rising rate of criminal activities, and attributed the insecurity in the country to stealing by the political leadership. He said, “The process has started with vigour. We will ensure that our party comes first in Adamawa. SDP is interested in the development of women and youth. Our manifesto is very explicit. “We are calling on every Adamawa indigene to come home if they are unemployed. We intend to engage every citizen. If that is done, cases of insecurity will be minimised.” The governorship aspirant, who promised to improve the education system in the state, from primary to tertiary levels, added that the SDP government would embark on massive recruitment of teachers. “We will not sack anybody. It is about employing people, not sacking people. We are not APC and PDP. Every Nigerian has a right to livelihood,” he also said." | 2019 general elections, Adamawa State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/adamawa-gov-ship-emmanuel-bello-picks-sdp-forms-268349.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Youth campaigners distance movement from Saraki’s declaration | "The Not Too Young To Run Movement (NTYTRM) has condemned Senate President Bukola Saraki for usurping the town hall meeting of the movement to declare his presidential ambition. The organisation, in a statement yesterday signed by one of the conveners, Mr Samson Itodo of YIAGA-Africa, said the youths commenced a series of public town hall meetings with the leadership of political parties and young aspirants to address the challenges faced by young aspirants in securing party tickets. According to him, the movement scheduled three town hall meetings with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties and that the first dialogue held on Thursday in Abuja with the leadership of the PDP. “The event had in attendance the chairman of the party, Mr Uche Secondus, Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Udeh Okoye, National Youth Leader of the party. The event also was attended by young aspirants registered under the Ready To Run platform. " | 2019 general elections , Saraki. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/youth-campaigners-distance-movement-from-saraki-s-declaration-268350.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | ‘APC defectors are migrant, rolling stone politicians’ | "The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the defection of those he called ‘migrant and rolling stone politicians’ has not affected the party’s chances of achieving victory at elections. Oshiomhole, who spoke on various activities of the party so far under a new national leadership, yesterday, at the 6th APC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, said the fact that the party won the Ekiti State governorship election after the recent defections showed that the decampees’ action did not affect the party. He said the defectors left with the belief that they would not realise their ambitions on the APC platform, telling them that they had the right to contest going by the provisions of the party constitution. Oshiomhole reiterated APC’s commitment to address all grievances that might have arisen due to genuine misunderstanding, communication gap, and conflict of interests. He expressed happiness that many senators and members of the House of Representatives had renewed confidence in the party as a result of the engagements they had with them. The APC national chairman said the party was now stronger, smarter and more cohesive after the departure of those he regarded as “the conservatives”." | Party defections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/-apc-defectors-are-migrant-rolling-stone-politicians-268351.html | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Physically challenged man, Lanshima declares for House of Reps | "A physically challenged man, Vitalis Lanshima, has declared his intention to represent Jos North/Bassa federal constituency at the House of Representatives. Declaring his intention at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the athlete who got his hands amputated at the age of 12 after being electrocuted, said he decided to venture into politics to make a change. ""I'm always complaining of bad roads, lack of drinking water, electricity in the country but it's time to do something about it. ""In Nigeria, we can do better and that is why I'm contesting. With my knowledge and experience, I know I can contribute in building Nigeria to a level where we can stand among the best in the world"", he said. Lanshima who is contesting on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) said though he was still consulting, he is the most qualified candidate from his constituency for the position. He said his decision to pitch his tent with APC was because the party is the only one in line with his agenda of bringing about change to his people." | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/physically-challenged-man-lanshima-declares-for-house-of-reps-268303.html | 11 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Tambuwal Picks PDP Presidential Nomination Form | "Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State thursday picked the presidential nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The politician, who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP earlier in the month, stormed the Wadata Plaza headquarters of the opposition party in Abuja with his supporters yesterday evening. He arrived at the place around 6p.m. and left about an hour later. He told reporters that he was confident that the party leaders would conduct credible primary if the aspirants did not agree on a consensus candidate. “I can’t say there is no need for consensus; it is part of democratic process. If there is a possibility of it, why not? If it is not possible, then, we all go for the primary,” he said. “But I believe that PDP of today is capable of organising free, fair, credible and transparent primaries.” " | 2019 general elections, Tambuwal. | http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/31/tambuwal-picks-pdp-presidential-nomination-form/ | 11 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | Buhari: Defectors Failed in their Plot to Upset APC | "President Muhammadu Buhari has said the recent gale of defections in the All Progressives Congress could not upset what he called the ‘super structure’ of the party. Buhari, who was addressing the party leaders during the National Executive Committee meeting held on Thursday in Abuja, praised the APC leadership for its handling of the challenges posed by the defections, noting that the party was able to survive an attempt to destroy its structures. The president said that despite efforts to reconcile aggrieved members, some of them were still bent on causing crisis in the party. “Despite reconciliatory attempts to keep the house together, some members were hell bent on pulling down the roof. They left, threatening to go along with scores of people." | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/30/buhari-defectors-failed-in-their-plot-to-upset-apc/ | 11 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | PDP Presidential Primaries: Aspirants to Sign Undertaking not to Defect | "All the presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are to sign an undertaking not to defect after the presidential primary election. The undertaken would also be for those who might lose the primaries to support the candidate of the party for the 2019 presidential election. The decisions were taken in Abuja last Wednesday night when all the aspirants met with members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. One of the aspirants and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, confirmed this in Minna, Niger State, Thursday while answering questions from journalists after addressing potential delegates and other stakeholders of the party at its secretariat. " | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/31/pdp-presidential-primaries-aspirants-to-sign-undertaking-not-to-defect/ | 11 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, August 31, 2018 | APC Settles for Indirect Primary to Elect Candidates | "Ahead of today’s National Executive Committee (NWC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), they were indications last night that the party would go for the delegate system to elect candidates for the 2019 general election. Following the meeting of APC national caucus at the Presidential Villa last Tuesday night, the leaders agreed in principle to adopt indirect primary option as provided for in the constitution and to also allow the NWC the discretion to grant states wishing to use direct primary to do so. THISDAY gathered that the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting would be expected to provide guidelines and conditions on which states may be allowed to apply direct primary election. While giving insight on what may likely be the decision of APC NEC, former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brigadier Mohammed Marwa (rtd), said the issue of method of primaries was part of what was discussed at the national caucus meeting, and that it has been referred to NEC for final decision. " | 2019 general elections, All Progressives Congress(APC) | http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/30/apc-settles-for-indirect-primary-to-elect-candidates/ | 11 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | 2019: Kwankwaso says no going back on declaration after venue denial | After the denial of his request to use the Eagle Square for his declaration for the presidency, a former governor of Kano State and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has vowed to launch his bid today. Kwankwaso is seeking to contest the ticket of the PDP ahead of the party primaries. The Kwankwaso Campaign Organisation said it received a letter dated August 27, 2018 yesterday and signed by Usman Mukhtar Raji for the Integrated Facility Management Services Ltd, the Facility Manager that managed the Abuja International Conference and Eagle Square barely 24 hours to the scheduled presidential declaration, reversing itself in respect of approval granted the organizers of the event. “We at the Kwankwaso Campaign Organisation see the development as a handiwork of the government in power who will not see anything good in growing our fledgling democracy as no level playing field has been created to allow for viable opposition in the country. “Even at that, earlier Tuesday morning, the Abuja International Conference and Eagle Square, managed by the Integrated Facility Management Services Ltd refused us access to inspect the premises demanding us to present a police permit, when actual approval for the use of the Eagle Square has been sought and paid for more than one week to the said declaration. | 2019 general elections , Kwankwaso | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-kwankwaso-says-no-going-back-on-declaration-after-venue-denial-267971.html | 10 |
| The Guardian.ng | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | Gwamna eyes Gombe guber as Sani alleges vendetta in Niger | Managing Director and Chief Executive Office of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), Dr. Jamil Isyaku Gwamna, has enjoined Gombe electorate to avoid politicians associated with violence in next year’s election. Gwamna, who made the call while inaugurating his gubernatorial campaign committee, said his decision to seek the nomination of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to build on the foundation of peace laid in the state and promote the cross-fertilization of ideas for the development of the state. He said hooliganism and political violence would not attract any meaningful development in the state, stressing those who intend to govern the state should lay emphasis on peaceful co-existence among the people. Dr. Gwamna, who was represented on the occasion by the former Sectary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Bala Magaji, urged the party’s delegates to insist on voting only the right candidates that would be acceptable to the people during the general election. | 2019 general elections, Gombe State. | https://guardian.ng/politics/gwamna-eyes-gombe-guber-as-sani-alleges-vendetta-in-niger/ | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | Ex-military administrator joins Kogi gov’ship race | A former Military Administrator of old Oyo and Ondo states and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Colonel Ahmed Usman (rtd), has declared his intention to contest the next governorship election in Kogi State. Addressing his kinsmen and supporters at his country home in Okura Olafiya in the eastern flank of Kogi State, Usman said his decision to join the race was informed by the current suffering of the people in the state occasioned by what he described as bad leadership. He pointed to “the deplorable state of infrastructure and squalor in the state which, if allowed to continue unabated, would lead to total collapse of the system thereby jeopardizing the future of the people and children yet unborn.” According to the APC stalwart, the state is blessed with abundant human and material resources which, if fully utilized, would take the state to enviable heights, assuring that Kogi under his leadership would witness accelerated development. | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ex-military-administrator-joins-kogi-gov-ship-race-268004.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | Defunct APC Akida leader, Maiyashi, joins PRP | Leader of the defunct All Progressives Congress (APC) splinter group in Kaduna, Mataimaki Tom Maiyashi, has joined the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). The leader of the APC Akida Group in Kaduna said in a statement yesterday that the PRP is the platform for all patriotic Nigerians who genuinely shared the need to give the country a great future and genuine change. Maiyashi described the decision as the most reasonable and responsible for him to take in the current circumstances. He said, “You will recall that a few weeks ago, Akida and the Kaduna Restoration had a joint press conference announcing our leaving the APC. “Since that announcement, the indicators of the hostile environment created, has remained literally the same justifying our members and others leaving the party in droves. “The APC, as presently constituted, remains incapable of accommodating and responding to well-meaning dissent, criticisms and demands for inclusiveness and internal democracy. | Party defections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/defunct-apc-akida-leader-maiyashi-joins-prp-268005.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | Southwest Accord Party disowns Okupe as leader | The Southwest leadership of Accord Party, yesterday, disowned ex-Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, as leader of the party in the region. The party leaders, at an emergency meeting held in Ibadan, expressed dismay on the recent press conference held by Dr. Okupe in Iperu, Ogun State where he alleged that the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Mohammed Nalado, frustrated moves by the party leaders to be part of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP). At the meeting were the National Chairman (South), Alhaji Dokun Babarinde; BoT chairman, Reverend Isaac Adeniyi; National Secretary, Hon. Adebukola Ajaja; and chairmen of the party from six states of the region except Ekiti that was suspended for anti party activities. Others are: Alhaji Opawuyi Abdulganiyu (Osun), Alhaji Muda Ogunsola (Oyo), Chief Kehinde Oladeinde (Ogun), Alhaji Nasiru Bolarinwa (Osun), Prince Taiwo Nasiru (Ogun), Ajibola Rotimi (Lagos), Igbinsola Sunday (Oyo) and Ojo Kayode (Ondo). According to the communique issued at the end of the meeting, the party said the Southwest Accord Party viewed the meeting at Iperu as of no effect and the people at the meeting with no locus standi to speak on behalf of the party. | 2019 general elections, Accord Party. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/southwest-accord-party-disowns-okupe-as-leader-268006.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | 2019: Buhari’ll secure 25 per cent votes in all S/East – Aide | The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Reform Sector and National Coordinator, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Mrs. Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, has predicted that the president would win election in most of the South-East states by securing at least a minimum of 25 per cent votes from each of the five states in the geo-political zone in next year’s presidential election. In a one-page statement entitled, ‘President Buhari Will Secure at Least 25% in Each of the South-East States in 2019’, issued yesterday in Enugu and made available to Daily Trust, the special assistant said the Igbo would vote massively for Buhari in appreciation of the “practical love he has demonstrated towards Ndigbo through the over 69 roads and bridge projects he approved in the zone.” Ibekaku-Nwagwu said the projects are now in different stages of completion, noting that Buhari did not just approve the roads, “he is releasing funds to back up the contracts.” | 2019 general elections , Buhari. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-buhari-ll-secure-25-per-cent-votes-in-all-s-east--aide-268007.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | PDP primaries: Group alleges plan to influence Niger delegates | A group under the auspices of Concerned Youths Forum in Niger State has raised alarm over alleged plan to induce the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates during its governorship primary in the state. In a statement yesterday in Minna, the group through its leader, Dr Mohammed Bello, claimed that there was an orchestrated plan by key elements within the party to edge out popular aspirants ahead of the primary. It urged the party leadership to guard against the impunity that led to the party’s poor outing in the 2015 general elections by ensuring a free and fair governorship primary. “Going by our assessment of the aspirants that have indicated interest to vie for the one seat in the state on the platform of our party, only Alhaji Aminu Mohammed Baka possesses the political clout and credibility to confront and wrest power from the incumbent governor, Alhaji Sani Bello. But there is a plan to edge him out for a preferred candidate which will spell doom for the party,” the statement alleged. | 2019 general elections Cross River State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-primaries-group-alleges-plan-to-influence-niger-delegates-268008.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | Jang declares for 2019 presidency | A former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang, has declared his intention to vie for the presidency in 2019. Jang, who is representing Plateau North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, made the declaration yesterday at the state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jos. A former military governor of Benue and Gongola states, Jang said he has what it takes to be the president of the country, considering his experience in military training, governance, democracy and the legislature. Jang, who said his contribution towards general development of the nation could not be overlooked, pledged to give priority attention to peace and security if he was voted as president. He said: “We will give this nation security results. We will not give excuses or cover any act of criminality and impunity, whatever the colour and creed of the criminals. We will end the cheapening of the lives of Nigerians. Gunmen will be known and traced to their roots, arrested and made to face the law. Nigerians will be proud of their country again.” | 2019 general elections, Sen. Jonah Jang. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/jang-declares-for-2019-presidency-267972.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | 2019: Nasarawa workers back Agara gov’ship bid | The organised labour in Nasarawa State has endorsed the governorship aspiration of deputy governor Silas Ali Agara in 2019. The labour leaders made their position known yesterday shortly after a meeting with the deputy governor in Lafia, where the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdullahi Adeka, who briefed newsmen at the end of a closed door meeting, said their decision was based on Agara’s labour friendly disposition. Adeka promised to mobilise the entire workers of Nasarawa in support of Agara, saying as one of their own, he is the most qualified person to lead the state after Governor Tanko Al-Makura. “Civil servants in Nasarawa State can only anoint aspirant that is labour friendly and not anyone who does not know the pains of workers,” he said. He said as a civil service state, Nasarawa State will only perform better economically and socially when people like Agara were given the mandate to lead the state. | 2019 general elections, Nassarawa State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-nasarawa-workers-back-agara-gov-ship-bid-268009.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | Group sensitizes women on voting ethics | The Women4Women (W4W) group has tasked women to serve as change agents by voting credible candidates in the forthcoming general elections. The national coordinator, W4W, Monique Tawo, threw the challenge yesterday in Abuja at a one-day town hall meeting with some female aspirants and wives of the six area council chairmen in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Tawo, who said women must rise up to their responsibilities as mothers at the grassroots by sensitising everyone to cast their vote wisely, stated that the meeting was organised to educate women on their roles towards the upcoming election. She also said that government should go back to the drawing board to understand that the women needed to be given her part in nation building. She urged every woman whose husband was aspiring for political position to ask for the agenda for women and children, especially the girl-child and what they intended to do with the affirmative agenda. | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/group-sensitizes-women-on-voting-ethics-268010.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | Buhari needs more time to clear 16-year-old rot – Razak | A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Lanre Razak, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to support the second term ambition of President Muhammadu Buhari, insisting that he needs more time to clear the 16-year-old rot. Razak, at a briefing in Lagos, said just as President Buhari who had performed impressively, the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, also deserves re-election for the good of all. The APC chieftain, who was a Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation and current Lagos East senatorial aspirant said. According to Razak, “the leadership of the current National Assembly has shown that they are not part of the party and that they came to the party to destroy it and go back to the PDP that destroyed the country for 16 years”. | 2019 general elections , Buhari. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-needs-more-time-to-clear-16-year-old-rot-razak-268011.html | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | 2019: We’ll work against vote buying – PPN chair | The National Chairman of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), Rasaq Eyiwuawi, has said that the party will work against vote buying to guard against rigging in the 2019 general elections. Speaking in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, at the inauguration of the 30-man State Executive Council of the party in the state, Eyiwuawi alleged that the APC-led Federal Government decided to bring vote buying into the nation’s electoral process due to high level of poverty among the citizenry. He boasted that the Coalition for United Political Parties (CUPP), comprising 46 political parties, will present an unblemished candidate capable of defeating President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections. | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-we-ll-work-against-vote-buying--ppn-chair-268012.html | 10 |
| The Guardian.ng | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | Okupe narrows presidential contest to three | As the race for next year’s presidential election hots up, former presidential spokesman and chieftain of the Accord Party (AP), Dr. Doyin Okupe has narrowed the choice of credible opponents to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari to the trio of Senate President Bukola Saraki, former Vice President Abubakar Atiku and Sokoto governor, Aminu Tambuwal. This came as a platform, Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG), expressed concern about the non-passage of the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the National Assembly saying the development may jeopardize the 2019 general elections. Speaking at a forum yesterday, Okupe projected that the election will be between Buhari on one side against any of the three who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/okupe-narrows-presidential-contest-to-three/ | 10 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | APC NWC agrees on direct primaries | The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has agreed to adopt direct primaries to conduct elections that will produce Presidential, Senate, House of Representatives, Governorship and State House of Assembly’s candidates ahead of 2019 general elections, a reliable party source told Daily Trust last night. The source, who said that there was no dissenting voice among the NWC members, added that the decision was taken to last night’s meeting of the party’s National Caucus to be attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. “All members of the NWC agree to adopt direct primaries. That is what is taken to the National Caucus. You know that some governors like that of Ogun and Ondo do agree to it. So, it may have to be subjected to voting. You know that it is not all members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) are members of caucus. However, the caucus will decide what will happen at NEC meeting tomorrow (Thursday). But there is no divided opinion among the NWC members,” the source said. | 2019 general elections, All Progressives Congress(APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-nwc-agrees-on-direct-primaries-267964.html | 10 |
| The Guardian.ng | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | "Police to hold sensitisation seminar with stakeholders" | "In a bid to have smooth and violence-free elections, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has invited major stakeholders to a one-day seminar on August 30 at Osogbo, the state capital. The IGP’s Principal Staff Officer in Lagos, Bode Ojajuni, disclosed the theme of the seminar as: “The Imperativeness of Police Collaboration with Essential Stakeholders: Towards Secured, Free and Credible Elections in Nigeria.” The state governor, Rauf Aregbesola would declare the seminar open.“It is meant to kick-start numerous security enlightenment programmes, lined up to sensitise and enlist the support of essential stakeholders towards securing 2019 General elections,” Ojajuni stated. The Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, will be the Chairman/Moderator at the event, while the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi would be the Royal Father of the Day. Other notable guests, including the National Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, officials of all the political parties, sister security agencies, interest groups and opinion leaders, would also attend the seminar.Also expected are foreign missions, including the United States, Britain, African Union, European Union, local and foreign election observers." | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections. | https://guardian.ng/politics/police-to-hold-sensitisation-seminar-with-stakeholders/ | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Lagos PDP chairman defects to APC | "The chairman, Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Moshood Adegoke Salvador, has announced his defection from the party to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. Salvador, who was surrounded by hundreds of his supporters at his house in Surulere, Lagos yesterday, said already 15,000 members of the party had appended their signatures to follow him to the APC. The PDP chairman, who had just been released from detention over allegation of being culpable in the death of the PDP Apapa Local Government Area (LGA) chairman, Prince Adeniyi Aborishade, lamented that for three weeks his ordeal lasted in detention, he neither received calls nor visitations from the PDP leaders in the state and the national levels. He attributed his ordeals to the former PDP Deputy National Chairman, South, Chief Olabode George, saying he had been going around to tarnish his image and that of his family. He also said when he was detained, he handed over the party to his deputy and the copy of the letter he wrote is with the national office. “Today, I received a phone call from the Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BoT). Later, I received a call from Prince Uche Secondus. These are people who never called me for once or asked about my wellbeing during my travails. But they were now calling asking why I wanted to dump the party,” Salvador said. " | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/lagos-pdp-chairman-defects-to-apc-267824.html | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | ‘PDP needs candidate with integrity to win 2019 election’ | "A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Kabiru Turaki, has said that the party needs to pick someone with integrity and credibility as its presidential candidate if it must win the 2019 presidential election. The former minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs said this yesterday in Benin, Edo State while addressing delegates and members of the PDP on his presidential ambition. Turaki said he was eminently qualified to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, stressing that Nigeria needs not only an experienced and a well-educated candidate but also a bridge builder who does not have controversial character. He said such a candidate must not be known to have taken advantage of the system when he was given the opportunity to serve. " | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/-pdp-needs-candidate-with-integrity-to-win-2019-election-267827.html | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Goje’s son joins Gombe gov’ship race | "The eldest son of former Governor Muhammad Danjuma Goje of Gombe State, Ahmad Goje, has joined the race for the state governorship seat on the platform of the PDP. Goje, who now represents Gombe Central at the Senate, governed the state between 2003 and 2011 on the PDP platform. He defected to the APC in 2014 after falling out with his anointed successor, Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo. But his son, Ahmad, who had remained in the PDP, was appointed as Special Adviser and Managing Director of Gombe Leasing Company by Dankwambo in 2016. Speaking to newsmen after submitting his form of intent at the party secretariat on Monday in Gombe, Goje said he joined the race to contribute his quota to the development of the state. He promised to practice politics without bitterness if he emerges as the party’s flag bearer in the forthcoming primary elections." | 2019 general elections, Gombe State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/goje-s-son-joins-gombe-gov-ship-race-267828.html | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Enugu APC has no alliance with PDC, APGA - Party chair | "The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has dismissed as false the report that it is considering an alliance with the People for Democratic Change (PDC) and All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state. The state chairman of the APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, who made this known at Amechi Awkunanaw Community, during the official declaration of Nsude Oguejiofor Nnaji, for the Enugu North/Enugu South federal constituency seat in 2019, advised party members and the public to disregard such news. The APC said that some aspirants of the two opposition parties who recently defected to the ruling party in the state now added their former parties’ logos to their campaign posters." | 2019 general elections, Enugu State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/enugu-apc-has-no-alliance-with-pdc-apga--party-chair-267832.html | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Mikati: PDP should correct its past mistakes before next elections | "The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been advised to correct its past mistakes and ensure that they are not repeated in the next general elections. Alhaji Shuaibu Idris (aka Mikati), who is a governorship aspirant in Kaduna State on the PDP platform, gave the advice while speaking with our correspondent. Idris, who is a former Deputy Managing Director of Dangote Flour Mills Plc and the Group Head of Public Sector at Liberty Bank Plc, said he would take Kaduna State to greater heights if he became governor of the state. “As students of history, we must learn from past mistakes. I am sure every one of us still has those issues very fresh in our minds. A situation where a senior member of a party comes out to say the party will rule for 60 years posits some level of arrogance and grandstanding. “Where is the will of the people? Where is the place of God in this kind of statement? Again, when a senior member of a party claims that there is no vacancy in a position that is supposed to be contested by aspirants before the selection of the best and people’s choice, entails imposition and clear disregard to democratic principles. " | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/mikati-pdp-should-correct-its-past-mistakes-before-next-elections-267834.html | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | 2019: NASS approves N143bn for INEC | "National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recommended N143 billion for approval for the commission’s preparation for the 2019 general elections. This is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request on July 11 when he requested the legislators’ approval of N242 billion for the elections. Specifically, he said that N164.10 billion of the funds was urgently needed to enable the arrangements for the elections to commence, while the balance of N78.34 billon would be provided for in the 2019 Budget. The president had in his letter of request explained that the urgently needed N164 billion would be allocated as follows: INEC, N143.51 billion; Office of National Security Adviser, N3.86 billion and Department of State Services (DSS), N2.90 billion. Others are Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, N1.85 billion; Nigeria Police Force, N11.46 billion and Nigeria Immigration Service, N530.1million. Chairman of the joint committee, Sen. Suleiman Nazif, told newsmen at the end of the committee’s meeting in Abuja on Monday that the committee had adopted the president’s allocation of the funds, especially as needed urgently." | 2019 general elections, INEC | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-nass-approves-n143bn-for-inec-267781.html | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | PDP cannot challenge Buhari to debate on good governance – APC | "The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) lacks the moral right to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari to a debate on good governance. The party made this known in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, on Monday in Abuja, describing the challenge by the PDP as laughable and incredible. The PDP had recently challenged Buhari to a debate on good governance ahead of the 2019 general elections. The APC said that as a party synonymous with impunity, institutionalised corruption, non-remittance of 20 billion dollars oil revenue, among others, the PDP was not in a position to debate on good governance. “A party whose administration placed the economy on life-support through its voodoo economics and fiscal recklessness, the PDP cannot be in a position to debate on good governance. “We view this request by the PDP as another laughable example of its selective amnesia on the 16 years of locust it wrecked on Nigeria during its defunct rule." | 2019 general elections, All Progressives Congress(APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-cannot-challenge-buhari-to-debate-on-good-governance-apc-267780.html | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | ICC must probe Buhari’s 3 years of human rights abuse – PDP | "The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it would do everything legitimately possible to ensure that the International Criminal Court (ICC) held President Muhammadu Buhari responsible for human rights violation and abuses under his watch. The party said it would mobilize Nigerians to stop the President from introducing “the long forgotten trappings of military dictatorship into a democratic regime” which it said Nigerians laboured for many years to attain. “President Buhari’s statement claiming that rule of law would become secondary to his whims and self-determined “national interest” is strange to our laws and completely unacceptable. The assertion is a direct trademark of despotic ruler and as such cannot find expression or accommodation in a democratic setting of our contemporary nation."" The party further states that it will not stop at anything legitimate to ensure that the International Criminal Court (ICC) holds President Buhari responsible for violations of rule of law and criminal abuse of human rights committed under his rule in the last three years." | Politics. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/icc-must-probe-buhari-s-3-years-of-human-rights-abuse-pdp-267776.html | 9 |
| The Guardian.ng | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Makarfi assures of unity in PDP, says no mixed feelings against Atiku | "Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee Chairman and presidential aspirant, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said that all the party’s aspirants for presidential primaries are working together to ensure the defeat of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. Besides, he said the criticism about him against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was false. A statement by his spokesman, Malam Mukthar Sirajo yesterday, said “for the avoidance of doubt, Senator Makarfi wishes to make it clear that he holds former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in a very high esteem and that the relationship between them is very cordial and mutually respectful.” “We want to categorically state that that could just be an inference drawn by the reporters from the answer the distinguished senator gave to one of their questions during his engagement with them." | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://guardian.ng/politics/makarfi-assures-of-unity-in-pdp-says-no-mixed-feelings-against-atiku/ | 9 |
| The Guardian.ng | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Ashafa lists gains, as Lagos East APC tackles inducement | "In a bid to tackle the issue of inducement during election, Lagos East Senatorial district chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has began a sensitization programme to educate its members on various crucial things to look out for in the selection of candidates from the zone. This is just as the incumbent Senator, Gbenga Ashafa and his challenger, Chief Lanre Razak, used the opportunity to declare intention to contest the senate seat as well as their plans for the zone. Senator Ashafa, who is seeking to represent his constituency for third time, expressed confidence that his achievements both in legislative activities and siting of critical projects across the zone would work in his favour. " | 2019 general elections, All Progressives Congress(APC) | https://guardian.ng/politics/ashafa-lists-gains-as-lagos-east-apc-tackles-inducement/ | 9 |
| The Guardian.ng | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Lagos PDP crisis deepens as Bode George, Salvador part ways | "The crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got worse yesterday, as the state chairman, Mr. Moshood El-Salvador and the former national deputy chairman, Chief Olabode George, openly castigated each other at separate press conferences. Salvador has formerly dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he could no longer stay in the same fold with George, whom he accused of frustrating all efforts to grow the party ahead of the 2019 elections. But, in a swift move, George called on the Inspector General of Police to reopen the alleged case of murder against the former state chairman over the death of a chieftain of the party, Prince Adeniyi Aborishade." | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://guardian.ng/politics/lagos-pdp-crisis-deepens-as-bode-george-salvador-part-ways/ | 9 |
| The Guardian.ng | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Why I am contesting for president – Donald Duke | "A former governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s subpar performance is one of the reasons he is contesting for the presidency. Duke, a member of Nigeria’s opposition People’s Democratic Party, was the governor of Cross River between 1999 and 2007. “Buhari could have done a lot better, If he has been good I won’t be contesting,” Duke said in an interview session on OnTheCouch Naija. Seen as urbane and in touch with Nigeria’s teeming army of youths, most of which are either underemployed or unemployed, 56-year-old Duke will run his campaign in a field crowded with formidable aspirants. The presidential aspirant, may not be contesting under the aegis of PDP as he expressed his displeasure with the party and accused it of ‘shortchanging’ the country despite the ‘incredible opportunities’ the party got from the country" | 2019 general elections, Donald Duke | https://guardian.ng/news/why-i-am-contesting-for-president-donald-duke/ | 9 |
| The Guardian.ng | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Dino Melaye alleges police, Kogi govt in fresh plot to assassinate him | "Nigerian lawmaker senator Dino Melaye on Monday said that the Nigerian Police and Kogi State government were in a fresh plot to kill him. “Nigerian police working with Kogi State Govt is trying to frame me up again with culpable Homicide and illegal possession of firearm. This is going to be the 6th arraignment of police against me,” Melaye said. Melaye said last month that he had survived four separates assassination attempts on his life. “I’m an exposed Nigerian who has survived 4 assassination attempts in one year,” Melaye tweeted in July. The senator said the fifth attempt on his life occurred while he was in company of some journalists, noting that accusations of him lying is ridiculous." | Politics. Sen. Dino Melaye. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://guardian.ng/news/dino-melaye-alleges-police-kogi-govt-in-fresh-plot-to-assassinate-him/ | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | 2019: Ayade distributes petrol, kerosene free for holders of PVCs | "Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has ordered the distribution of over 200,000 litres of petrol and kerosene in the state capital, Calabar, free to all those that have registered and collected their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) ahead of the general elections next year. The distribution was conducted yesterday at the old Zoo Botanical Garden in Calabar under the aegis of Ayade’s Special Assistants Network (SAN). Governor Ayade said it was a way of encouraging all eligible voters in the state to register and obtain their PVCs before the extended deadline by the INEC expires on August 31, 2018. Before now, all the special assistants had embarked on massive sensitisation and mobilisation of the people through local mass media organs. At the venue, there were long queues of holders of the PVC as well as others who were waiting to collected their cards from the INEC. Each PVC holder chose either to receive kerosene or fuel." | 2019 general elections Cross River State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-ayade-distributes-petrol-kerosene-free-for-holders-of-pvcs-267825.html | 9 |
| Daily Trust Online | Tuesday August 28, 2018 | Nwuche blames gale of defections on injustice | "A former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Chibudom Nwuche, has said that the recent gale of defections that affected the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a consequence of injustice. Nwuche, who spoke with our reporter in Port Harcourt, Rivers State at the weekend, said people would defect when some prominent members within a political party saw themselves as the owners of a party and others as outsiders. The former federal lawmaker, who said politics is voluntary, added that those denied a sense of belonging in a particular political party have the right to seek solace in any place where they could get it. " | Party defections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nwuche-blames-gale-of-defections-on-injustice-267826.html | 9 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | South-west Accord Party Sets up Committee on Coalition | "The Chairmen and chieftains of Accord Party in five South-west states – Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo and Osun have met to set up an 11-man committee to liaise and promote the party’s agenda with the Coalition of United Political Parties under the leadership of former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola. The committee, with its members drawn from five of the six south-western states; Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo and Osun States (excluding Oyo), is headed by a former Presidential Adviser, Dr Doyin Okupe. The party chieftains, arising from a meeting in Iperu, Ogun State, over the weekend said “the major task before the committee is to register the interest of the southwest geo-political zone of the Accord Party (excluding the Oyo State chapter) with the coalition and ensure it is properly represented.” " | 2019 general elections | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/south-west-accord-party-sets-up-committee-on-coalition/ | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | APC Accuses Opposition Party of Hoisting Fake Registration Website | "The ongoing membership registration embarked upon by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has run into a hitch as the ruling party has accused an unnamed opposition party of hoisting its fake registration website. Also ahead of the 2019 elections, the ruling party has asked security agencies to be on red alert and to monitor political activities in the country to ensure that weapons are not imported into the country to cause violence during the elections. The party alleged that some scammers have hoisted a fake membership registration website-apcregistration.com to undermine the exercise. In a statement issued yesterday by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabene, APC accused opposition political parties of sponsoring the scam, saying the website which is trending on social media is unauthorised." | All Progressives Congress (APC). | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/apc-accuses-opposition-party-of-hoisting-fake-registration-website | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | Kwankwaso Declares Presidential Run Wednesday | "Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will on Wednesday declare his presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a statement from Kwankwaso Presidential Campaign Committee, said yesterday. The declaration, according to the statement, would hold at the Eagle Square, Abuja, by 11 a.m. Kwankwaso, a two-term governor, is one of the founding fathers of the PDP, who is noted to be an apostle of infrastructural development. According to the former governor, “It is imperative for us to embark on massive infrastructural turnaround across the country with judicious management of the country’s resources without necessarily mortgaging the future of the country on excessive foreign loans and its attendant burden”, adding that he will eliminate insecurity in all its forms across the country and return Nigeria to the path of prosperity. Part of his achievements during his tour of duty as governor of Kano State, according to the statement include his pioneering the popular Free School Feeding Programme and the Treasury Single Account (TSA),based on his ‘Kwankwasiyya’ ideology, among others." | 2019 general elections , Kwankwaso | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/kwankwaso-declares-presidential-run-wednesday/ | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | APC Accuses Opposition Party of Hoisting Fake Registration Website | "The ongoing membership registration embarked upon by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has run into a hitch as the ruling party has accused an unnamed opposition party of hoisting its fake registration website. Also ahead of the 2019 elections, the ruling party has asked security agencies to be on red alert and to monitor political activities in the country to ensure that weapons are not imported into the country to cause violence during the elections. The party alleged that some scammers have hoisted a fake membership registration website-apcregistration.com to undermine the exercise. In a statement issued yesterday by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabene, APC accused opposition political parties of sponsoring the scam, saying the website which is trending on social media is unauthorised. " | All Progressives Congress (APC). | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/apc-accuses-opposition-party-of-hoisting-fake-registration-website/ | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | APC Jittery Ahead of Osun Guber Poll, Says PDP | "The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is jittery ahead of the September 22 governorship poll in Osun State. This is coming as the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has released the names of candidates submitted by 48 political parties and promised to be transparent in the conduct of the governorship election. The main opposition party, in a statement signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi, said the rate at which those he described as “true patriots and critical stakeholders in the affairs of the state”, are moving out of APC has created fear in the ranks of the APC. " | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/apc-jittery-ahead-of-osun-guber-poll-says-pdp/ | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | I don’t need money to beat Atiku, others for PDP ticket – Makarfi | "I don’t need money to beat Atiku, others for PDP ticket – Makarfi By Nurudeen Oyewole, Lagos with agency report | Publish Date: Aug 27 2018 2:00AM facebook twitter goolge plus linkdin like (0 Likes) I don’t need money to beat Atiku, others for PDP ticket – Makarfi A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has dismissed the role of money in the race for the party’s presidential ticket. He told newsmen yesterday in Lagos, that even party members concurred he is the best man, among a dozen aspirants, fit for the job and that he does not need to give them money to get their votes. Among the aspirants are former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, former governor of Sokoto, Attahiru Bafarawa, former Kano governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Gombe governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo. Senate President Bukola Saraki has been on a national tour, ‘consulting’ to join the race. Makarfi said contrary to certain opinions, money would not determine who picks the PDP ticket, and that money has never been a determinant in who becomes the president of Nigeria. “When did Nigeria start to produce presidents because of resources? Former presidents Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and now President Muhammadu Buhari, did not become presidents based on money. “In one of the Southwest states I visited, a member said other aspirants have been giving them money and gifts, but I don’t have to give them money or gifts to vote for me in the primaries because they know I am the best man for the job,” he said." | 2019 general elections, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/i-don-t-need-money-to-beat-atiku-others-for-pdp-ticket--makarfi-267601.html | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | APC sweeps Imo LG polls | "The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 27 seats in the local government election conducted in Imo State on Saturday. The election was boycotted by the main opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Grand Progressives Alliance (APGA). About 14 political parties were said to have participated in the election. In the results of the election announced by the Chairman of the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC), Ethelbert Ibebuchi, the party also won in 636 wards out of 645. Ibebuchi, who said there were irregularities in five wards, commended the state government, security agencies and the electorate for the peaceful conduct of the election." | 2018 LG Polls, Imo State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-sweeps-imo-lg-polls-267637.html | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | APC disowns fake membership registration website | "The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied ownership of what it called ‘fake’ membership registration website with the name apcregistration.com. The APC, in a release issued yesterday by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, alerted party supporters, members and the general public to the purported APC ‘unauthorised’ membership registration website which is trending on social media. The party, which described the website as a scam, said its investigation had revealed that the fake website was sponsored by one of the main opposition political parties in its ‘desperate and criminal plot’ to harvest APC members ahead of the 2019 general elections. The APC, which stated that it had ‘deliberately’ not named the political party, called on relevant security agencies to urgently investigate the website and its sponsors. The party, however, urged its teeming supporters and members to take advantage of the ongoing continuous nationwide membership registration exercise in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)." | All Progressives Congress (APC). | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-disowns-fake-membership-registration-website-267638.html | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | Late Lawal's son joins Kwara gov’ship race | "Son of a late former governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Akeem Lawal, has declared his intention to contest in the 2019 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking when he was received by his supporters on arrival in Ilorin, the son of governor Mohammed Lawal said his intention to run was a call to service. The governorship aspirant, who said Kwara State could only be taken to a greater level of development with ideas from the youth, added that he was prepared to inject youthful energy and ideas that would change the fortunes of the state. Alhaji Akeem’s father served as governor under the All Peoples Party (APP) banner between 1999 and 2003. " | 2019 general elections , Kwara State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/late-lawal-s-son-joins-kwara-gov-ship-race-267636.html | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | A’ Ibom APC Post-congress Leadership Tussle Ends | "The leadership tussle that arose after the State Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has ended. The tussle ended on Saturday with members of the former APC state executive led by Dr Effiong Etok, the former state secretary and two former senatorial chairmen, Obong Kufre Inyangette and Obong Uko Umoh announcing the withdrawal of their court case against the APC state chairman, Hon Ini Okopido and other members of his executive. Dr Effiong Etok, the former state secretary spoke on behalf of the former executive and said they refused to join Dr Udoma Ekarika, the man they supported to be state chairman, when he defected to PDP on Monday because of their love for APC and intervention of former Governor Godswill Akpabio. “We have to move forward,” Etok said. Chief Don Etiebet, the Chairman of APC state caucus thanked Dr Etok and other members of the old executive for allowing peace to reign. “We have all sank our differences. All the leaders of the party have resolved to work together. Whatever were our misgivings, we believe what God said that you must love your neighbour as you love yourself. We are forgiving ourselves and we are working together for one purpose. This is the new APC moving forward." | All Progressives Congress (APC) internal crisis. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/a-ibom-apc-post-congress-leadership-tussle-ends/ | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | PDP challenges presidency, APC to debate | "The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the presidency and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to appear for a debate with the opposition party on good governance. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement yesterday said the party had “thoroughly reviewed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and submitted that it had irredeemably failed in every sector of national life.” The party argued that available data, both locally and internationally, confirmed that the Buhari administration had failed in all its promises and claims, particularly the fight against corruption, economy, security, democracy as well as national unity and cohesion. " | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-challenges-presidency-apc-to-debate-267640.html | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | ADP flays Okorocha’s leadership style | "The Action Democratic Party (ADP) has flayed Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State’s style of governance. The ADP National Secretary, Dr. James Okoroma, spoke at the weekend in Abuja, when one of the state’s governorship aspirants, Chief Pascal Ejiogu, came to collect his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms. Dr Okoroma, who said the state was in dire need of quality leadership, added that the ADP has what it takes to provide leadership. “When former governor Mbakwe was there, what you call Independent Power plants today were started by Mbakwe. He built three power plants in the three senatorial districts. He built shoe factories, paint industries, poultry, general hospitals in Local government areas and many others but unfortunately, all those things Mbakwe built have all collapsed. “In Imo today there is no transport system, everything has collapsed. So, the challenge of leadership in Imo is enormous and I’m passionate about it. " | 2019 general elections, Imo State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/adp-flays-okorocha-s-leadership-style-267641.html | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | APGA Decries Alleged Political Intolerance by Abia Govt | "The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has cried out over alleged intimidation by the state government and its agents, saying the opposition party has been subjected to series of attacks and disruption of its political activities. State chairman of APGA, Rev Augustine Ehiemere, raised the alarm at the weekend during a press conference in Aba to denounce the “senseless acts of terror sponsored by Abia State Government and directed at APGA supporters and her governorship aspirant, Dr. Alex Otti.” He specifically stated that APGA and its leader, Otti, have been banned by the state government from holding any political activities in Obingwa Local Government Area, where the State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, hails from, and therefore considered ‘a no-go-area’ for the opposition party. While recounting several “politically motivated acts of terror directed at APGA and Otti in Obingwa Local Government Area, Ehiemere said the most recent event occurred on August 21, 2018, when a rally organised by APGA at the premises of the National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) was scuttled by the Chairman of Obingwa council area, Hon Hanson Amaechi." | 2019 general elections | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/apga-decries-alleged-political-intolerance-by-abia-govt/ | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | 2019: Atiku denies dumping PDP for another party | "Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied media reports indicating he has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another political party in order to actualize his presidential bid. Atiku, in a statement yesterday by his campaign office, said he remained a front-line contender for the presidential tick of the PDP, describing the report as a malicious attempt to confuse the public about his aspiration ahead of the forthcoming primaries. “The campaign office of former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar debunks the story from a section of the media that frontline presidential aspirant for the 2019 election, Atiku, has defected from the PDP. “In the past two months, Atiku Abubakar has moved across states in the country consulting with stakeholders of the PDP and explaining to them his agenda encapsulated in the acronym JOBS (Jobs, Opportunity, Being united and Security) for Nigeria. The nationwide consultations continue this week with visits to the South West, North West and North Central zones of the country. “Atiku’s passion and commitment to winning the PDP primaries is without any compromise and to assume that he will abandon the hard work he has done with the positive results he is getting from the stakeholders of the party is to say the least preposterous and unthinkable. " | 2019 general elections, Atiku | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-atiku-denies-dumping-pdp-for-another-party-267642.html | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | No automatic ticket for Kaduna senatorial seat – APC chieftain | "The Deputy National Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammad Sani Ibrahim, has said the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party has not given automatic ticket to any senator in Kaduna State. Ibrahim, in a statement, said the issue of automatic ticket did not apply in the party’s constitution. He urged aspirants interested in contesting for seats in the Senate to get ready to slug it out at the primaries. He said, “As a compatriot, I feel deeply disturbed by the recent developments in our great party, especially the unfounded rumour regarding candidates for the various offices, as we approach the 2019 general elections. " | 2019 general elections, Kaduna State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/no-automatic-ticket-for-kaduna-senatorial-seat-apc-chieftain-267645.html | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | 2019: Ayogu Eze, Ugwuanyi can’t intimidate me – Ex-Enugu AG | "A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Enugu State and a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Ifeanyi Nwoga, has said that neither Senator Ayogu Eze nor Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi can intimidate him out of the race. The former commissioner for Justice also disagreed with the South-East Governors’ Forum (SEGF) which recently said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC Federal Government had not done well for the zone in terms of development projects, arguing that unlike previous administrations in the PDP era, the current government has performed well in spreading projects in the zone. Nwoga, who served as Attorney General towards the end of former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani’s administration, said the defection of Senator Eze from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC and his entry into the state governorship race could not make him “feel intimidated”." | 2019 general elections, Enugu State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-ayogu-eze-ugwuanyi-can-t-intimidate-me-ex-enugu-ag-267646.html | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | APC Will Never Buy Votes in Osun Guber Election, Says Aregbesola’s Aide | "The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, on Regional Integration, Hon Wale Alabi has said the All Progressive Congress (APC) will not be involved in buying votes during the September 22 governorship election in the state. Alabi stated this during the official campaign flag off of Osun R-Connect, a voluntary group in the APC, to sensitise and convince the people of the state on the need to retain the legacies of Governor Aregbesola and APC-led government in the state. Alabi, who is also the head of the R-Connect group, said the APC would not embrace the system of ‘see- and- buy’ in the coming governorship election. “If anybody is having or nurturing or want to embrace the system of ‘see and buy’, that would not be the APC." | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/apc-will-never-buy-votes-in-osun-guber-election-says-aregbesolas-aide/ | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | I Have No Plan to Go Back to PDP, Says Omisore | "The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore has debunked insinuations that he was planinng to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Addressing journalists at the weekend shortly after paying homage to the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran in his palace at Ilesa as part of the programme to flag off his campaign, Omisore said rather than move to the party, a lot of PDP chieftains would soon join his campaign train. Omisore who revealed an alleged plan by Governor Rauf Aregbesola to ensure that Osun State remains indebted to him and his cronies for at least a period of fifteen years even after leaving office, said the plan was embedded in a fake contract documents. “Even as we speak, Aregbesola’s Government has started preparing post contract ‘variation reports’ on all projects executed by it for the past eight years." | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/i-have-no-plan-to-go-back-to-pdp-says-omisore/ | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | Igbo Should Struggle for Presidency, Not Wait for it, Says Ngige | "The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that 2023 presidential slot should be fought for by people of the South-east and not given them on a platter of gold. Ngige spoke against the backdrop of a recent disclosure by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, that former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, was scheming to be handed power by President Muhammadu Buhari after a second term in office. The minister who spoke to journalists at the weekend, said there was nothing wrong in Tinubu aspiring to become the president of Nigeria, but it behooved on people of the South- east to struggle for it, when power shifts to the South in 2023." | 2019 general elections | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/27/igbo-should-struggle-for-presidency-not-wait-for-it-says-ngige/ | 8 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 27, 2018 | Ayade: Why I don't fight my adversaries | "Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has said that he uses silence as his biggest weapon to defeat the increasing political enemies in and out of the state. Ayade, who said this in his office in Calabar when he hosted women groups, added that he was dismayed by the type of politics being played in the country. He said he was not ready for mudslinging because he is an urbane, polished and successful business man before coming into politics. “I don’t fight my enemies who are busy fighting me. I don’t take vengeance. The Holy Book warns against such. Increasingly, I find that, as a weapon, it defeats my enemies all the way. God has a way of revenging for me. “In my kind of politics I don’t go out to demean people. I strive to play politics with ethics. My mission in government is to see how to impact on people and enhance their livelihood,” Ayade said. " | 2019 general elections Cross River State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ayade-why-i-don-t-fight-my-adversaries-267639.html | 8 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | House PDP Group Warns APC Caucus against Impeding Legislative Activities | "The Parliamentary Democrats Group (PDG) in the House of Representatives Thursday berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus in the lower chamber against distracting lawmakers from performing their legislative functions with their 2019 ambitions. The spokesman for the group, Hon. Timothy Golu (PDP, Plateau), said his group has watched and listened with apprehension, series of accusations and counter accusations of support groups among the APC caucus which had the potential of derailing the legislative duties of lawmakers in the lower chamber. Golu, in a statement, further warned APC lawmakers against the idea of impeaching the House Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, adding that it will be resisted with fire. There had been speculations that lawmakers from the ruling party within the green chamber had been plotting to oust Dogara as the Speaker when the National Assembly resumes from its long recess in September. " | Politics. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/23/house-pdp-group-warns-apc-caucus-against-impeding-legislative-activities/ | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | No court judgement stopping Imo LG polls – ISIEC boss | "The chairman of Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC), Ethelbert Ibebuchi, has said he is not aware of any court order stopping the electoral body. Rather, he said, what he was aware of was that former chairmen and councillors were in court claiming their entitlements from the state government. Ibebuchi, who spoke to newsmen on the commission’s preparedness for Saturday’s local government election, said the electoral body would require 8000 ad hoc staff to conduct the election in 3,523 polling units in a total of 44 voting points. According to him, about 14 political parties would be participating in the election out of the 22 parties, whose primaries it supervised, stressing that others could not participate because they probably lacked the capacity. He said the ISIEC followed due process in preparing for the election, adding that the commission will provide a level playing ground for all the participating political parties. However, the names of the political parties he reeled out did not include the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and other parties with strong showing in Imo. " | Imo State LG polls. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/no-court-judgement-stopping-imo-lg-polls-isiec-boss-267280.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | I want to contest to restore Ilorin’s value, heritage – Dr Oloriegbe | "An aspirant for Kwara Central Senatorial District on the platform of the APC, Dr. Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, has said he is contesting for the position to help in the restoration of Ilorin’s value and heritage which have been eroded in the last 15 years. Oloriegbe, who said this during an interview with our correspondent in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, added that the people of the ancient town had lost their Islamic value and heritage. He said Kwara State as a whole and Ilorin in particular has not had leaders who understood its value and heritage in the last 15 years. “Ilorin used to be a hard working environment in the past. But everything has changed in the last 15 years as a result of lack of meaningful development in the society. Kwara State is ranked number five in terms of revenue generation in Nigeria. But there is nothing to show for the revenue being generated. “I am not contesting to get money because I have worked within and outside Nigeria in the last 30 years and I have what can sustain me comfortably. But I am leaving my comfort zone to go to uncomfortable zone of politics for the sake of my people,” Oloriegbe said. Speaking on the choice of the APC as platform to contest, he said he believed in the party’s manifesto and President Muhammadu Buhari. " | 2019 general elections , Kwara State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/i-want-to-contest-to-restore-ilorin-s-value-heritage--dr-oloriegbe-267282.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | PDP: We’re putting pressure on Adamawa gov to return | "The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says that it is still hopeful that Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa State will return to its fold before 2019 elections. The state PDP chairman, Barrister Tahir Shehu, who spoke with Daily Trust yesterday, insisted that the party leadership had maintained communication with the governor directly and through emissaries. “We are hopeful the governor will join us in the PDP in the near future and we will not relent in our effort to attract more people to the party . Two commissioners have resigned and return to PDP. We are still expecting more”, he said Asked whether the governor had ever rejected their invitation outrightly, Shehu said “the governor never sent us away or rejected our proposal”. The defection of the governor’s ‘godfather’, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to the PDP had fuelled speculation over Jibrilla’s political future. " | 2019 general elections, Adamawa State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/pdp-we-re-putting-pressure-on-adamawa-gov-to-return-267279.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | APC elders back power shift to C/River south | "Leaders and elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the southern senatorial districts of the Cross River State have insisted that the next governor of the state should emerge from their district. The stakeholders, who met in Calabar, resolved that they would take active part in the 2019 governorship election by fielding their own candidate. They insisted that they can no longer be zoned out. Elder David Okon, who spoke on behalf of other stakeholders and leaders of the district, said since the chairmanship of the party was zoned to the central with federal appointments’ favour, it was only natural for the south to produce the governor instead of the north. Okon said, “More so, the southern senatorial district has more numbers of local government areas than others, as well as higher voting strength being over 50% of the entire voting strength of the state, which puts them in a better position to secure victory for the APC." | 2019 general elections Cross River State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-elders-back-power-shift-to-c-river-south-267283.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | Group backs Buhari 2nd term bid | "The Surgical/Medical, Laboratory, Allied and Scientific Equipment Dealers and Manufactures Association of Nigeria (SMASEDMAN) has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. The group said President Buhari deserves a second term in office in view of the remarkable successes achieved in the socio-economic development of the country, especially in the fight against corruption. This position was contained in a communique jointly issued by the national president and secretary of the group, Chief Nwokeafor Worthyman and Alhaji Mohammed Idris, respectively at the end of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Abuja. The communique reads in part: “All the registered members of the association should support the present administration of APC and President Buhari in the 2019 general elections. “A call should be made on all patriotic Nigerians at home and in the diaspora to also support President Buhari, come 2019,” it said." | 2019 general elections, All Progressives Congress(APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/group-backs-buhari-2nd-term-bid-267284.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | C/River APC gov’ship aspirant promises sustainable change | "Mani Robinson, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, has promised to bring strategic and sustainable change to the state if he gets the party’s ticket and wins in 2019 to become governor. Robinson, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, said he would soon unveil a four- point development agenda for the rebirth of the state. He said the agenda would bring new life to the state in the areas of economic growth, social and human development, innovative agriculture and security of lives and property. He also pledged to galvanise all the resources in the state for programmed successes and growth if elected. The aspirant expressed regret that Cross River is no longer the state of choice for most Nigerians and foreign tourists because of what he called total breakdown of infrastructure and services for which the state was known. " | 2019 general elections Cross River State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/c-river-apc-gov-ship-aspirant-promises-sustainable-change-267285.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | Stop heating up polity over Saraki - Arewa Youths | "The Arewa Youths for Peace and Security (AYPS) has cautioned Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association against heating up the nation’s polity by their threat to remove Senate President Bukola Saraki. The youths said the threat lacked substance as Saraki was elected by his colleagues and can only be impeached by two-thirds majority of the senators. AYPS national president, Salisu Magaji, in a statement yesterday, described the threat as dangerous to democracy. Magaji said a non-political group like the Miyetti Allah should not dabble into making remarks that would heat up the polity. " | Executive and Legislature faceoff, Saraki. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/stop-heating-up-polity-over-saraki-arewa-youths-267286.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | 2019: Labour Party pledges 16m votes for President Buhari | "The National Chairman of the Party, Dr Mike Omotosho gave the assurance on Thursday in Ilorin at a public lecture and inauguration of Wards and Local Governments canvassers for re-election bid of Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The event organised by the Buhari/Osinbajo 2019 Project was attended by the Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture and the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara. Omotosho, in a goodwill message at the event, said the labour party will support the re-election bid of Buhari and will mobilise vote for him. He said his party will also work with the APC to liberate Kwara from misrule by a clique led by one man. Omotosho charged the people of Kwara, to take the opportunity of the political development in the country to free themselves from slavery and oppression. Speaking in the same vein, the Chairman of APC caretaker committee in Kwara. Bashir Bolarinwa said President Buhari should be given a chance to continue with his agenda of liberating the country from poverty and treasury looting. He said Nigerians should not allow a repeat of 1985 history when Buhari regime of discipline and prudence was ousted to pave way for corruption and retrogression. " | 2019 general elections, Labour Party. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-labour-party-pledges-16m-votes-for-president-buhari-267240.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | APC lawmaker defects to PDP | "Mr Clement Akanni, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Ila State Constituency in Osun House of Assembly, on Thursday, announced his defection from the ruling APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While explaining the reason behind his defection at the palace of Orangun of Ila, Akanni said he was forced out of the party by those he considered as political adversaries. He complained about his community being sideline in government policies and programmes. He also stated that whenever he tried to positively influence government policies to favour his constituents, he always face resistance form people within his party. He said he cannot remain in APC again because he can’t used the party to champion the course of his people and it is best to move to another political party that would give him the needed support." | Party defection. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-lawmaker-defects-to-pdp-267239.html | 7 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 24, 2018 | Fayose’s recruitment exercise illegal' | "The John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Centre, a leadership organisation founded by Ekiti governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, says the on-going recruitment exercise by the Ayo Fayose administration is illegal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hundreds of unemployed graduates on Thursday besieged the State Secretariat to buy forms. The state government said 2,000 workers would be employed made up of 600 Secondary School teachers, 400 Primary School teachers and 1,000 core civil servants. Those who thronged the state Civil Service Commission, Teaching Service Commission and the State Universal Basic Education offices as early as 8:00 am included university and polytechnic graduates. But the Director of the Ado-Ekiti-based JFK Centre, Mr Biodun Omoleye, warned the applicants against buying the employment forms. He accused the outgoing governor of deliberately exploiting jobless youths by asking them to pay between N500 and N1,000 to obtain the employment forms. Omoleye alleged that Fayose was only recruiting members of his ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in flagrant violation of extant rules. ” Fayose knows that such recruitment will be cancelled by the incoming administration over the illegality that informed the exercise" | Politics. Ekiti State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/-fayose-s-recruitment-exercise-illegal-267236.html | 7 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 24, 2018 | Oyetola assures of prompt payment of full salaries | "Standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Isiaka Oyetola, has promised to sustain the prompt payment of workers full salaries.He made the pledge while hosting journalists at his country home in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Council Area of the state during the Eid-El-Kabir. Oyetola allayed fears by the state workforce that the workers would not receive the backlog of their salary arrears. The APC candidate, who is the Chief of Staff to Governor Rauf Aregbesola said: “We are going to pay the money owed the workers. The governor has said it, and of course, we have already started and it will continue.”He promised to grow the state economy through Public Private Partnership (PPP), if elected, and promised to create enabling environment for business to thrive in the state. Oyetola added that he would expand the financial base of the state through internally generated revenue, and give priority to agriculture, promotion of agro allied industries and tourism. These, he, said would provide employment for youths, adding that the “the era of waiting for allocation from Abuja is gradually disappearing.”He appealed to the people of the to pay their taxes. On the primary election through which he emerged as the standard bearer, he disclosed that the direct primary adopted by his party was transparent and sincer" | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://guardian.ng/politics/oyetola-assures-of-prompt-payment-of-full-salaries/ | 7 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 24, 2018 | ADC candidate promises to tackle hunger, poverty | "Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Osun State 2018 governorship election , Fatai Akinbade, has pledged to tackle hunger and poverty in the State, if elected.He expressed concern about the inability of the State government to pay workers salaries, as well as pensions and gratuities.He promised to correct the situation as soon as the ADC is voted to power. In a statement yesterday, Akinbade acknowledged the perseverance of the citizens and “induced hardship by the authorities” on the people.The candidate said the ADC would form a people-oriented government that would put smiles on their faces.He stressed that anywhere in the world, a responsible government exists to ensure improvement in the living condition of the citizens.He added however, that this should not be abandoned at the expense of other developmental projects. “ADC as a party will not abandon the lots of the citizens on the pretence that we want to execute capital projects. We will ensure that the peoples’ welfare comes first before any other consideration.”“Our party values human capital development, the people will live to enjoy a State devoid of government-induced hardship. ADC government will put an end to poverty, hunger and joblessness that are ravaging the land,” he said." | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections. African Democratic Congress (ADC) | https://guardian.ng/politics/adc-candidate-promises-to-tackle-hunger-poverty/ | 7 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 24, 2018 | Public analysts canvass citizens’ active participation in politics to check corrupt politicians | "Guild of Public Affairs Analysts of Nigeria (GPAA) has urged active participation in politics to save the country from corrupt politicians.The president, Mr. Ayo Oyozebaje who spoke yesterday at the maiden press conference of the group, lamented that the economic situation in Nigeria was not satisfactory to the ordinary citizen.He traced the situation to the negligence of political leaders, saying it was sad they ad not lived up to their obligations. Oyozebaje said: “Even with the change that was so much promised by the current administration, there has been little or no change in the condition of the people of Nigeria.“It is becoming increasingly difficult to survive and succeed in any endeavour in Nigeria. This is because the political class has not been able to come up with solutions to the myriad of the existentialist problems confronting the people. He identified the common problems the people are facing to include: food, water, healthcare, education, electricity, transportation system and infrastructure among others. Oyozebaje noted that shortage of these amenities have made the lives of Nigerians short, mean and brutish" | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/public-analysts-canvass-citizens-active-participation-in-politics-to-check-corrupt-politicians/ | 7 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 24, 2018 | Three years not enough to judge Buhari administration, says Tinubu | "National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu on Thursday said that the three years of President Muhammadu Buhari administration is not enough to re-engineer the country and judge its performance. President Buhari Buhari as an aspirant in 2015 campaigned on three key areas of reviving the country’s economy, improving security and fighting corruption. Tinubu who spoke at a Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Lagos stated that the previous administration have looted Nigeria’s treasury meant for successive governments to grow and develop the country.The former two-term governor of Lagos said despite the looting President Muhammadu Buhari is gradually restoring the hope of Nigerians. “Three years is not enough time for retouching, redevelopment and re-engineering the country. There is a lot of hope, there is a lot of expectation,” Tinubu said. He noted that the vision of president “will not take a magical touch to bring it to reality. It takes patience and perseverance,” " | Politics. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://guardian.ng/news/three-years-not-enough-to-judge-buhari-administration-says-tinubu/ | 7 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 24, 2018 | Ooni canvasses politics without bitterness | "The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, wants politicians in Osun State and across the country to play politics without bitterness.He made the call at his palace in Ile-Ife, when the Chief Imam of Ifeland, Abdul Hammed, led other Muslim faithful to visit him during the Eid el-Kabir celebration. The monarch implored them to shun the vices of religious differences, and apply the spirit of brotherhood in playing politics.He said political engagement should not be regarded as a do-or-die affair, if political players have genuine intention to serve the people. The Ooni stressed that the political space would be rancor-free, if the players adopt such spirit of harmony in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. He said: “The spirit of brotherhood being displayed by the Muslim faithful on the day was very laudable. At the Eid praying ground during the Eid-el Kabir festival, I saw politicians of opposing parties sitting side by side with one another, relating as if they were brothers from the same womb.”" | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/ooni-canvasses-politics-without-bitterness/ | 7 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, August 23, 2018 | PDP Debunks Rumours of Endorsing Guber Candidate in C’River | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked as false the rumours currently trending in Cross River State alluding that the party has unilaterally endorsed a governorship candidate jettisoning party primaries ahead of 2019. Rumours have been rife in the state that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has endorsed a former party chairman and current managing director of the state water agency, Mr. Ekpo Okon as the party’s governorship flag bearer in the run up to 2019. When THISDAY contacted the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan yesterday, he replied that the rumoured endorsement of any governorship aspirant in the forthcoming election is untrue. In a related development, the Cross River State governorship race has assumed an interestingly keener turn as some youths in the state, bent on determining who leads them in 2019 opted to buy the PDP form for a leading aspirant and former publicity secretary of the party, Hon. Emmanuel Ibeshi. | 2019 general elections Cross River State. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/23/pdp-debunks-rumours-of-endorsing-guber-candidate-in-criver/ | 6 |
| The Guardian.ng | Thursday, August 23, 2018 | Ruling party and PDP are dead horses, says ANN’s Olawepo-Hashim | In this interview, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim who was at some time the Deputy Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but now a chieftain and presidential hopeful of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) said both the PDP and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have failed Nigeria and that his new platform has what it takes to bring the country out of the woods. Niyi Bello, Abuja Bureau Chief, reports. | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/ruling-party-and-pdp-are-dead-horses-says-anns-olawepo-hashim/ | 6 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 23, 2018 | Ekweremadu wants single tenure revisited after 2019 polls | The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the issue of a single term for president and governors must be revisited after the 2019 general elections. Ekweremadu said this had become necessary to avoid the tension created in the polity any time elections were approaching. The deputy Senate president said on his Facebook wall yesterday that he believed a single tenure of either five or six years would go a long way in addressing the tension in the country. ”As is always the case, Nigeria’s political atmosphere is getting toxic ahead of the 2019 general elections and governance is taking a backseat. Unfortunately, this atmosphere, with the accompanying brazen political excesses, are unlikely to abate until well after the 2019 general elections. “Unable to resist the temptations that come with enormous power of incumbency, those who call the shots today, throw everything within their reach into the mix in desperate efforts to retain power at all cost and by all means. | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ekweremadu-wants-single-tenure-revisited-after-2019-polls-267138.html | 6 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 23, 2018 | Tinubu: We need Buhari to re-engineer economy | A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, says a focused and determined leader like President Muhammadu Buhari is needed to re-engineer the economy. Speaking during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Lagos, Tinubu said: “Nigerians adopted democracy; we are going to live through this democratic government. We need a President Buhari to retool and re-engineer, that is what he is doing in the economy and he is doing it gradually, otherwise we don’t want it to fall apart again.” Tinubu said he was very proud of what he did in Lagos State when he was a governor there, saying We were meticulous, dedicated and focused and we lifted the spirits of our people and that is why it is important for Nigerians to be focused now.” | 2019 general elections, All Progressives Congress(APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/tinubu-we-need-buhari-to-re-engineer-economy-267110.html | 6 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 23, 2018 | N/Assembly to interrupt recess for election budget | The leaders of the National Assembly have agreed to reconvene before September 25 to consider and approve the budget for the 2019 general elections, Daily Trust has learnt. However, it was gathered, the senators and members of the House of Representatives will only sit for a day and go back to continue with their annual recess, which they commenced on July 24. Sources told Daily Trust yesterday that although the National Assembly leadership has agreed to reconvene for the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the 2019 elections, there is no definite date yet for reconvening. The Senate and the House committees overseeing INEC are expected to harmonise their positions on the elections budget on Monday and present same to the appropriations committees for further action, after which both chambers could reconvene. “There’s no definite date yet, and I don’t think it will be next week because I should be in the know. All I know is that we’ve agreed to reconvene and consider the election budget. What I can’t tell you now is the actual date. “What they want to do is to just reconvene and do everything within one day and go back for us to continue with the recess. You know the issue of impeachment is there, so nobody wants to take chances,” a source said last night. Asked about the possibility of the two chambers having a joint sitting to consider and approve the elections fund, the source said “it is not part of our rules”. | 2019 general elections, INEC | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/n-assembly-to-interrupt-recess-for-election-budget-267109.html | 6 |
| The Guardian.ng | Thursday, August 23, 2018 | Abaribe alleges plot to divide South East lawmakers in National Assembly | Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has disclosed plots to divide southeast lawmakers in the National Assembly. Abaribe, who is the chairman of the southeast caucus, said he had been approached to replace Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. The senator, who represents Abia Central, revealed that those championing the course claimed that Ekweremadu has overstayed in the seat that was not reserved for Enugu State alone. He spoke in Enugu during the presentation of performance report of 2017 federal capital budget and southeast region. Some non-governmental organisations as Hope Givers Initiative, Christian Aid, Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn, organised the forum as part of efforts to make governance work for the people. Abaribe said however “no senator from the zone is interested in the position of deputy senate president, but are committed to protecting that office as long as Ekweremadu remains there.” | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/abaribe-alleges-plot-to-divide-south-east-lawmakers-in-national-assembly/ | 6 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Thursday, August 23, 2018 | INEC Plans to Release Unclaimed PVCs to Osun APC, PDP Alleges- THISDAY NEWSPAPER. | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State has concluded plans to release unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The opposition party in a statement issued in Osogbo, Osun State capital, by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Diran Odeyemi, said some unnamed influential members of APC have found accomplices in INEC with whom agreement had been reached to release the PVCs. Odeyemi argued that APC is sponsoring an unpopular candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, hence the growing desperation by the party to foist him on the people of the state through every means possible except ballot. He added that the activities of some INEC officials are been closely monitored since intelligence at the disposal of PDP confirmed unholy alliances between APC and some bigwigs within the electoral body in the state. Odeyemi further alleged that some people called ‘APC agents’ have been combing several towns considered to be stronghold of PDP in the state, buying PVCs from unsuspecting voters in order to reduce the voting strength of the opposition party. | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/23/inec-plans-to-release-unclaimed-pvcs-to-osun-apc-pdp-alleges/ | 6 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Defectors won’t regret —Sen. Danbaba | Senator Ibrahim Danbaba representing Sokoto South Senatorial district says Senate President Bukola Saraki cannot be impeached because it will require two-third majority. “How can you impeach him? You cannot impeach a leader like the Senate President without having two-third. You need 73 senators to be able to impeach him,” said Sen. Danbaba. He said the defectors would not regret dumping the APC for the PDP and warned against attempts to impeach the Senate president. Also reacting to a call by a group for Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal to resign following his defection, he said there was no justification for that. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/defectors-won-t-regret-sen-danbaba-264743.html | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | 2019: Jigawa Dep Gov declares for Senate | The Jigawa State Deputy Governor, Barrister Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, yesterday in Dutse, the state capital, formally declared his intention to contest for a senatorial seat in the 2019 general elections. Hadejia made the declaration before elders of the eight local government areas that make up Hadejia Emirate Council who paid him a courtesy call in government House, Dutse. The elders had approached him to declare for the seat. The leader of the delegation, Alhaji Umar Mohammed, Magayakin Hadejia, said the deputy governor was not just their son, but had represented the emirate for a long time very well without disappointing us/ them. After the deputy governor announced his intention to vie for the Senate seat, they pledged their total support and allegiance to him and promised to work for his success in the polls next year. He said the decision was in response to numerous calls by the elders and other APC supporters from his constituency. | 2019 general elections, Jigawa State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-jigawa-dep-gov-declares-for-senate-264684.html | 5 |
| The Guardian.ng | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Dogara urges vigilance as ULC, CLO seek probe of security agency | Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has charged Nigerians to remain vigilant in safeguarding the country’s democracy. He said this while felicitating with a member of the House, Toby Okechukwu, at the National Assembly complex in Abuja and applauded all who resisted those who laid siege to the complex. He specifically commended Okechukwu who joined other members of the lower legislative chamber to align with Senators to protect the sanctity of the legislature while the siege by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) lasted. Also, the United Labour Congress, (ULC) and the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), yesterday condemned the siege on the National Assembly by hooded men of the DSS and the Nigeria Police. While the CLO commended the Acting President Yemi Osibanjo for saving Nigeria from global harassment with the immediate sack of DSS Director General, Lawal Daura, the ULC described the early morning invasion of the legislative building as a rude shock. | Siege on National Assembly. | https://guardian.ng/politics/dogara-urges-vigilance-as-ulc-clo-seek-probe-of-security-agency/ | 5 |
| The Guardian.ng | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Kwara Speaker decries attack on Senate, doubts elections in 2019 | Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ahmad Ali, has expressed doubts over the possibility of conducting credible elections in 2019, citing yesterday’s ugly scenario at the National Assembly. Ali, who spoke with journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State, in the aftermath of the Senate’s invasion by men of the Department of State Services (DSS), said Nigerians should rise to the occasion, while government should ensure that everyone involved in the invasion is brought to book. He tasked the lawmakers to mobilise the required number if they desire to remove the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, or wait until the Senate reconvenes to test their strength. | Siege on National Assembly. | https://guardian.ng/politics/kwara-speaker-decries-attack-on-senate-doubts-elections-in-2019/ | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | 2019: Kano people should be patient till PDP returns — Yusuf | A founding member of the Kano State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Builder Abdulkadir Yusuf, has urged the people of the State to bear with the current ‘unacceptable situation’. Yusuf, a PDP governorship aspirant, claimed that the State which was the industrial and commercial hub of the nation is now a shadow of itself. He contended that the State is in need of an urgent rescue operation to put it at par with its contemporaries in Nigeria, promising to pursue the mission immediately if he becomes Governor in 2019 on the platform of the PDP. | Party defection. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kano State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-kano-people-should-be-patient-till-pdp-returns--yusuf-264747.html | 5 |
| The Guardian.ng | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | PDP wants National Assembly to sanction president over DSS invasion | PDP wants National Assembly to sanction president over DSS invasion | Siege on National Assembly. | https://guardian.ng/politics/pdp-wants-national-assembly-to-sanction-president-over-dss-invasion/ | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Youth council warns of impostors in Rivers | The leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has cautioned its members and all stakeholders on a recent gathering of “some impostors” in the name of NYCN in Rivers State. President of NYCN, Bello Bala Shagari, yesterday, in Abuja, said it was unfortunate that a number of hired people gathered in Rivers State in the name of the council to create disharmony and confusion among Nigerian youths for cheap political and personal gains at the expense of the youths. Shagari stated that “... most of those who have gathered to conduct the illegal exercise which they refer to as a congress in Rivers State are not members of the council and are mostly overaged men who think they can hold Nigerian youths to ransom because they don’t like a new young leadership that emerged in the Gombe elective congress which was overseen by the Ministry for Youth and Sports Development. He added that “they were previously chased away from Imo State where they wanted to begin their illegal activities before being provided with a safe haven in Rivers State." | 2019 general elections,Rvers State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/youth-council-warns-of-impostors-in-rivers-264745.html | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Confusion as Kogi Assembly declares ex-speaker’s seat vacant | There was confusion yesterday as the Kogi State House of Assembly declared the seat of a former Speaker of the Assembly, Umar Ahmed Imam, vacant for defecting from the APC to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Daily Trust reports that Imam, who represents Lokoja I State Constituency, defected to the SDP recently to contest Saturday’s Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency by-election. The decision to declare his seat vacant followed a letter sent to the Assembly by the State Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Bello, urging them to declare his seat vacant for dumping the party. After reading the letter, the Majority Leader, Abdullahi Bello, moved the motion for Imam’s seat to be declared vacant and was seconded by the Member representing Ankpa I, Ahmed Mohammed, who described the action as timely. | By-Elections, Kogi State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/confusion-as-kogi-assembly-declares-ex-speaker-s-seat-vacant-264683.html | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Shehu Sani: Kaduna APC ward writes state chair | The Ward 6 exco of the APC in Kaduna Central Senatorial District has written the State chairman of the party over alleged lifting of suspension on Senator Shehu Sani. A statement purported to be from the Ward 6 last week said the suspension on Sen. Sani had been lifted. The Ward Chairman of the Ward 6, Ibrahim Salisu Togo, said in the letter that he was officially reporting an attempted case of factionalisation of the ward, adding that he had reasons to believe that the letterhead on which the lifting of the suspension was written was forged. Togo stated that the statement lifting the suspension bore the name of one Abbas Muhammad Anni as Ward 6 chairman and 17 others purporting to be the exco of the ward. Therefore, he urged the state exco to investigate the report and take necessary action to uphold party discipline and apply the provisions of the APC Constitution. | All Progressives Congress (APC) Kaduna State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/shehu-sani-kaduna-apc-ward-writes-state-chair-264685.html | 5 |
| The Guardian.ng | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Secondus asks UK to expel Buhari | National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has reacted to the siege that prevented members of staff and lawmakers from accessing the National Assembly. He asked the United Kingdom (UK) to expel President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said, was hiding in that country to plan an assault on Nigeria’s democracy, adding that Britain should not allow anyone to turn that country into a haven of anti-democracy conspirators. Secondus pointed out that President Buhari left the country to UK for a 10-day medical leave to enable their plans against democracy to be executed in his absence. He alleged that the final plan for the invasion of National Assembly was sealed when the Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, visited the President in London at the weekend. According to him, the siege at the National Assembly left no one in doubt that President Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are out to destroy the country’s hard earned democracy because they can no longer fit properly into it. | Siege on National Assembly. | https://guardian.ng/politics/secondus-asks-uk-to-expel-buhari/ | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | 2019: PDP groups back Balogun for presidency | Pro-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) organisations have declared support for the presidential ambition of Chief Alfa Muhammed Oliver Balogun on the platform of the party. The National Coordinator of the groups Dr. Obu O. Obu, and National Secretary, Hyacinth Agbabo, who addressed newsmen yesterday in Abuja at the end of a rally said their support for Mr. Balogun was due to his known experience and also the quest by Nigerians for a leader that would take them to the promised land and bring about rapid socio-economic and political developments. According to them, they were convinced that Mr Oliver Balogun who hails from Oyo State is an experienced as politician and would be acceptable to all Nigerians. | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-pdp-groups-back-balogun-for-presidency-264744.html | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Ex-NEMA boss, sacked for corruption joins Kaduna guber race | Former Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Malam Muhammad Sani Sidi, on Tuesday joined the Gubernatorial race in Kaduna. Sidi, who was sacked in April by the Buhari administration for corrupt practices, gave the indication when submitting his letter of intent to the State Executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the entrance of Sidi brings to four the politicians seeking the PDP ticket to run for the Governorship seat in Kaduna State. Sidi said: ” I consider the warm reception you have accorded me and my supporters here as an honour and a rare privilege, considering the short notice I gave you in the midst of your very busy schedules. I remain forever grateful for the honour and privilege “I am here for two reasons. First, I am here to express my appreciation to you Mr. Chairman and your working committee for all your efforts and sacrifices to ensure that our Party and the PDP family continue to remain virile, focused and united." | 2019 general elections, Kaduna State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ex-nema-boss-sacked-for-corruption-joins-kaduna-guber-race-264788.html | 5 |
| The Guardian.ng | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | Saraki, Dogara insist APC lack number for impeachment | The leadership of the Nigeria’s National Assembly has insisted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lack the required numbers to impeach Senate president Bukola Saraki and speaker Yakubu Dogara. Saraki who recently defected from APC to PDP has been under fire by the APC to vacate his position as Senate President. Dogara on the other side is yet to renounce his membership of the APC, but has also been accused of anti-party activities against the APC. Both lawmakers alleged that Tuesday morning invasion of the Assembly complex by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) was an attempt by the executive and APC lawmakers to reposition leadership of the National Assembly. “To reconvene, there is a process which has to be followed. Also, it should be clear that these Senators who are camped somewhere know the procedure for changing the leadership of the Senate,” said Saraki and Dogara in a joint statement. | Saraki Impeachment move. | https://guardian.ng/news/saraki-dogara-insist-apc-lack-number-for-impeachment/ | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | APC condemns siege on National Assembly | The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it called the unfortunate invasion of the National Assembly by security forces. The party, in a statement through its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, dissociated itself from what it regarded as any act of brigandage and affront on the sacred symbols of our budding democracy. The party, which affirmed its commitment to remain a law abiding political organisation, advised every constituent part to abide by the tenets of the constitution and Nigeria’s democracy. It called for a more harmonious working relationship between the various arms of government in the general interest of the country. | Siege on National Assembly. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-condemns-siege-on-national-assembly-264669.html | 5 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Saraki’s case different from Tambuwal’s 2011 saga — Lai Mohammed | The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the scenario which brought in Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the seventh National Assembly against the wish of the then ruling party is different from the way Dr. Bukola Saraki emerged as Senate president in 2015. Tambuwal, who is now the Governor of Sokoto State, it would be recalled, emerged Speaker of the Lower House, against the zoning principle of the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which favoured the former House Leader, Mulikat Adeola-Akande as Speaker. With the support of the then opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Tambuwal emerged as speaker. He later in 2014 dumped the PDP for the newly formed All Progressives Congress (APC). Following the defection of the Senate president to PDP alongside other senators, there have been calls for the resignation of Saraki having left the APC, on which platform he emerged senator and eventually Senate president. | Party defection, Saraki. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/saraki-s-case-different-from-tambuwal-s-2011-saga-lai-mohammed-264349.html | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Only elite have ganged up against Buhari — Okorocha | Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that only the elite are ganging up against President Muhammadu Buhari. Okorocha, who spoke at a meeting of South-East APC Women and Youth leaders for Buhari, at the government house, Owerri, said the president still enjoys the support of the masses who are “solidly behind him”. He said the elite in the nation’s politics were not comfortable with Buhari’s anti-corruption stand and the fact that the president was poised to rescue the poor masses from being emasculated by them. While stating that there is a selfish and calculated elitist conspiracy against the president, he said Ndigbo have every reason to support the president’s second term aspiration in 2019. | All Progressives Congress (APC), Imo State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/only-elite-have-ganged-up-against-buhari-okorocha-264350.html | 4 |
| The Guardian.ng | Monday August 6, 2018 | Kashamu’s expulsion versus peace prospects in Ogun PDP | There were strong indications that the recent expulsion of Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing Ogun East senatorial district in the Senate, would bring to an end the protracted crisis bedeviling Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It all began about a decade ago, when the former governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, failed to install his successor in the 2011 gubernatorial poll based on which faction had the upper hand in the party structure. The fact that there were four factions of the party worsened the confusion. Kashamu, Daniel, former Speaker House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole and Oladipupo Adebutu, all had a splinter of Ogun PDP. The Kashamu camp, waving a Lagos High Court judgment, claimed it was the authentic chapter having properly elected its executive which tenure expires in 2020. | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://guardian.ng/politics/kashamus-expulsion-versus-peace-prospects-in-ogun-pdp/ | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | 2019 senatorial poll: I’ll defeat Abaribe — Wabara | The younger brother of a former Senate president, Chief Adolphus Wabara and a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Chief Marc Wabara, has issued quit notice to Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, the senator representing Abia South Senatorial District. Wabara, a former bank chief executive, who is now the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ukwa Federal Constituency, said the quit notice became necessary because the dividends of democracy had eluded the people of the senatorial district in the last 12 years. Chief Wabara issued Senator Abaribe the quit notice yesterday during his formal declaration to contest for the Abia South senatorial seat, saying that Abia would embrace the change they desire in 2019. | All Progressives Congress (APC), Imo State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-senatorial-poll-i-ll-defeat-abaribe--wabara-264345.html | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Controversy as APC nullifies Senator Sani’s suspension | The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspension on Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central senatorial district of Kaduna State. The NWC, in a statement signed by the APC Acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, directed the chairman of the party in Tudun Wada ward and others to implement the directive with a view to complimenting the peace efforts being made by the national leadership. The statement pointed out that Senator Sani remained a bonafide member and leader of the party. But in a swift reaction yesterday, the state party executive disagreed with the decision of the APC national leadership. | All Progressives Congress (APC) Kaduna State | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/controversy-as-apc-nullifies-senator-sani-s-suspension-264346.html | 4 |
| The Guardian.ng | Monday August 6, 2018 | Ex-commissioner decries low rate of PVCs collection in Ebonyi | Dr Paul Okorie, former Commissioner of Works, Housing and Transportation in Ebonyi, has decried the low rate of collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Okorie, also a former Commissioner of Environment under former Gov. Martin Elechi, spoke on Monday in Abakaliki, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Okorie was reacting to the statement credited to Prof. Godswill Obioma, Ebonyi Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), about low rate of PVCs collection in the state. Obioma said that only 6025 PVCs, out of the over 77,000 PVCs of the 2017 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) released by the electoral body for Ebonyi had so far been collected. Obioma also said that 400 PVCs had so far been collected, out of the over 47,000 PVCs in the pre-2017 registration. | 2019 general elections, INEC | https://guardian.ng/politics/ex-commissioner-decries-low-rate-of-pvcs-collection-in-ebonyi/ | 4 |
| The Guardian.ng | Monday August 6, 2018 | I’ll retire from politics in PDP, Makarfi pledges | Former governor of Kaduna State and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has pledged to remain with the political group irrespective of the outcome of the contest and retire from there in future. According to him, he would quit the PDP only when he is done with politics. In a statement by his spokesman, Mallam Mukthar Sirajo, after a courtesy call on former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) where he fielded questions from newsmen in Minna, Markafi promised not to dump the party even if he loses the presidential nomination. He said: “If I leave the PDP, I will leave politics. If I wanted to defect, it would have been long before now. Management of people is management of interests.” The senator remarked that being a former national caretaker chairman of the party does not in any away confer on him some privileges over others, noting: “All I want is for us to come together to avoid a rancorous outcome after the primary. “ | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://guardian.ng/politics/ill-retire-from-politics-in-pdp-makarfi-pledges/ | 4 |
| The Guardian.ng | Monday August 6, 2018 | Crisis in Osun APC as members move to ADP | Ahead of the September 22 gubernatorial election in Osun State, some stalwarts of All Progressives Congress (APC) are said to have finalised plans to defect to Action Democratic Party (ADP), today. Sources said their decision to defect was informed by the fallout of the APC governorship primary, which produced Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, the Chief of Staff to the governor, as its standard bearer. The nomination of Oyetola had earlier forced the immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Moshood Adeoti, to move to ADP, where he hopes to realise his governorship aspiration. Scheduled to take place at the ADP secretariat, Ikirun Road, the event is said to witness the defection of former APC deputy state chairman Ilesha West, Alhaji Issa Adesiji; Alhaji Tajudeen Agbeti; Prince Ademola Bamidele an ex-officio; state Auditor Ifelodun, Alhaji Rasheed Bakare among others. | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://guardian.ng/politics/crisis-in-osun-apc-as-members-move-to-adp/ | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Group drums support for Dankwambo’s presidential ambition | The Dankwambo Grassroots Network (DGN) has called on Nigerians to support the presidential ambition of Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State come 2019. The group’s National Secretary, Sunny Okoro, while briefing newsmen in Abuja, said the governor’s giant strides in transforming his state have made him the right man to pilot the affairs of the nation. To unseat the incumbent, Okoro said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) needs a true nationalist like Dankwambo with unblemished record in public service and whose primary constituency is Nigeria and not some regional or ethnic affiliations. | 2019 general elections, Dankwambo | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/group-drums-support-for-dankwambo-s-presidential-ambition-264340.html | 4 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Falana: APC Can’t Remove Saraki without Two-third Majority | A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot remove the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki without the required two-third majority of the entire members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has also justified the defection of Governors AbdulfatahAhmed, Samuel Ortom and Aminu Tambuwal of Kwara Sokoto, Benue and States from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing a precedent by the Supreme Court. He canvassed these positions in a statement he issued yesterday, stressing that even though the defection of the Reformed APC (R-APC) lawmakers was illegal and unconstitutional, the APC “lacks the moral and political right to condemn their defection to the PDP.” | Party defection, Saraki. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/06/falana-apc-cant-remove-saraki-without-two-third-majority/ | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Tambuwal’s defection, political suicide, says group | The massive turn out of supporters for Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State is testimony that Governor Aminu Tambuwal has destroyed his political career with no chance of a second term, a group has said. The chairman of Development Watchdog Concept (DWC), Alhaji Abubakar Sokoto Abu Abuja, in a statement, said with his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week, the incumbent governor of the state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, had committed political suicide. Abu Sokoto said the political class in Sokoto had shown that the APC is not only well grounded in the state but waxing stronger and fully behind Aliyu Wamakko (Alu). He said the stage is now set for 2019 elections for the return of President Muhammadu Buhari and whoever Wamakko would eventually anoint to succeed Tambuwal as governor of the state. | Party defections, Tambuwal. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/tambuwal-s-defection-political-suicide-says-group-264341.html | 4 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Kaduna APC Defies National Secretariat, Says Sani’s Suspension Irreversible | The leadership of the Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Kaduna Central senatorial zone have rejected the directive of the national secretariat of the party, quashing the suspension of Senator Shehu Sani from the party, insisting that the suspension is irreversible. The ruling party in Sani’s Ward 6, Tudun Wada, Kaduna, had last week placed the senator on indefinite suspension, and demanded an apology from him to President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Nasir El-Rufai and the party for alleged disparaging words and for working against the party. But in a statement yesterday by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr. Yekini Nabena, the national leadership of the party cancelled the senator’s suspension and directed the chairman of the party in Tudun Wada ward and others to implement the directive. The party said the implementation of the directive would complement the peace efforts being made by the national leadership of the party to bring back peace to the party in Kaduna State “The national secretariat has received the news of the suspension of Senator Sani by the Tudun Wada ward chairman and wish to clarify that the purported suspension of the senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district is hereby lifted and is confirmed as a bonafide member and leader of our party. The Chairman of Kaduna State chapter has been directed to inform the relevant ward and local government chapters appropriately, and also put the necessary mechanism towards complementing the efforts of the national leadership towards ensuring lasting peace and unity in the party,” the acting national publicity secretary said. | All Progressives Congress (APC) Kaduna State | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/06/kaduna-apc-defies-national-secretariat-says-sanis-suspension-irreversible/ | 4 |
| The Guardian.ng | Monday August 6, 2018 | Akinlude roots for Atiku | Barely twenty-four hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he would not support his former deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for next year’s presidential election, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Elder Willy Akinlude, has thrown his weight behind the former Vice President. Akinlude explained that the aspiration of the former number two citizen of Nigeria, meets with the expectations of Nigerians, stressing that Atiku is the best candidate for the job of healing the battered economy and uniting the country. Speaking during a ward meeting of PDP faithful, Akinlude, who was a two-time chairman of Mushin local government council, said Obasanjo had used his opportunity on two occasions to recommend presidents, he should leave Nigerians to elect their leader in 2019. | 2019 general elections, Atiku | https://guardian.ng/politics/akinlude-roots-for-atiku/ | 4 |
| The Guardian.ng | Monday August 6, 2018 | Bafarawa seeks Obasanjo’s prayers, support over presidential bid | Former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, on Sunday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo to seek his (Obasanjo) blessings over his presidential ambition in 2019. Bafarawa, who led a delegation of his campaign group to Obasanjo in Abeokuta, told the elder statesman that the visit was to seek his “prayers, advice and support”. Bafarawa described Obasanjo as his leader and mentor, attributing his success as Sokoto State governor between 1999 and 2007 to advices from the former president. He explained that based on Obasanjo’s advice on savings, he left about N11.8 billion in Sokoto State treasury when he left office in 2007. | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/bafarawa-seeks-obasanjos-prayers-support-over-presidential-bid/ | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | INEC clears 9 for Lokoja/Kogi by-election | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the names of nine candidates to be fielded by political parties for the August 11 by-election for Lokoja/Kogi federal constituency. The candidates are the immediate past speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Umar Ahmed Imam (SDP), Haruna Isah (APC), Abubakar Bashir Mohammed (PDP), Muhammad Mabo Kassim (ADC), Salisu Y. Bala (Accord), Menyaga Abubakar Achimugu (DA), Ibrahim Mohammed Ladan (LP) and Godwin Wambebe Ailuka (NCP). The Head of Voters Education and Publicity (VEP) at INEC in Kogi State, Alhaji Biambo Bagudu, told Daily Trust yesterday that non-sensitive materials for the election had been received while training was on for ad hoc staff that would take part in the conduct of the election. | By-Elections, Kogi State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/inec-clears-9-for-lokoja-kogi-by-election-264343.html | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Why Kano deputy governor resigned | The deputy governor of Kano State, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, has resigned from his position as deputy governor over alleged disrespect and injustice meted on him by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Prof Abubakar, in his resignation letter, dated August 5, 2018, said it took effect from Saturday, August 4, 2018. In the letter, the former deputy governor said the decision was taken due to irreconcilable differences on matters relating to governance and government operations. He added that his advice to the governor had been reciprocated with persecution and injustices meted on him, and that he endured “immeasurable and unjustifiable humiliation” for over two and a half years on issues of governance and the desire to keep government on track. The letter read in part: “Your Excellency would recall several instances I had to draw your attention to the need to understand and approach the differences in order to avoid drifting into the kind of unnecessary crisis we are facing today, but to no avail. | Kano Deputy Governor's resignation | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-kano-deputy-governor-resigned-264348.html | 4 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Presidency Appeals to Saraki, Dogara to Reconvene N’Assembly | The presidency has appealed to the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, to reconvene the National Assembly in order to expeditiously consider several urgent matters pending before it. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, made the appeal at a press conference in Lagos at the weekend, saying the lawmakers needed to urgently consider some important pending issues in national interest. The presidential aide said if the National Assembly is not reconvened immediately, it might adversely affect the country, particularly with respect to the 2019 general election, the budget for which is pending before the federal legislature. | All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/06/presidency-appeals-to-saraki-dogara-to-reconvene-nassembly/ | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | …Meanwhile Ganduje considers Gawuna, Kamkarofi as possible replacement | Following resignation of Kano Deputy Governor, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje may likely choose a deputy today (Monday), Daily Trust learnt yesterday. Daily Trust reliably gathered that Ganduje might pick either the Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna or his Private Personal Assistant, Alhaji Ibrahim Kamkarofi to replace Prof. Abubakar. A source said the governor was considering a good strategy to neutralise the political crisis in Kano Central over senatorial slot. It would be recalled that both Gawuna and Kamkarofi were among the politicians aspiring for the senatorial seat in 2019. | Kano Deputy Governor's resignation | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/-meanwhile-ganduje-considers-gawuna-kamkarofi-as-possible-replacement-264347.html | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Saraki’s case different from Tambuwal’s 2011 saga — Lai Mohammed | The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the scenario which brought in Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the seventh National Assembly against the wish of the then ruling party is different from the way Dr. Bukola Saraki emerged as Senate president in 2015. Tambuwal, who is now the Governor of Sokoto State, it would be recalled, emerged Speaker of the Lower House, against the zoning principle of the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which favoured the former House Leader, Mulikat Adeola-Akande as Speaker. With the support of the then opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Tambuwal emerged as speaker. He later in 2014 dumped the PDP for the newly formed All Progressives Congress (APC). Following the defection of the Senate president to PDP alongside other senators, there have been calls for the resignation of Saraki having left the APC, on which platform he emerged senator and eventually Senate president. | Party defection, Saraki. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/saraki-s-case-different-from-tambuwal-s-2011-saga-lai-mohammed-264349.html | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | I am not leaving APC –Gov. Abubakar Bello | Party supporters troop to the streets in Minna on Sunday to hold solidarity rally for President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The mass rally was held to douse speculations that the Niger State governor Abubakar Bello was contemplating dumping the party like some others did in the recent weeks. At one of the rallies, Bello reiterated his commitment to the party and and Nigeria’s progress and development. Bello gave the assurance that he would remain in APC to rescue the people of the state and country from the wrong deeds of the previous administration. “Anybody that say I am leaving APC for the Peoples Democratic Party is lying. You should all keep your minds calm as APC has come to stay.” Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger received by APC supporters in Minna on Saturda | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/i-am-not-leaving-apc-bello-264398.html | 4 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Monday August 6, 2018 | Presidency Appeals to Saraki, Dogara to Reconvene N’Assembly | The presidency has appealed to the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, to reconvene the National Assembly in order to expeditiously consider several urgent matters pending before it. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, made the appeal at a press conference in Lagos at the weekend, saying the lawmakers needed to urgently consider some important pending issues in national interest. The presidential aide said if the National Assembly is not reconvened immediately, it might adversely affect the country, particularly with respect to the 2019 general election, the budget for which is pending before the federal legislature. But the acrimony between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems determined to jeopardise the presidency’s appeal as both parties remained at each other’s jugular yesterday. | 2019 general elections | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/06/presidency-appeals-to-saraki-dogara-to-reconvene-nassembly/ | 4 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Shehu Sani remains suspended – Kaduna APC | The Tudun Wada North chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has affirmed the suspension of the senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani. APC Tudun Wada North chapter In Kaduna State in a statement signed by its chairman, Ibrahim Salisu Togo said its decision was based on the constitution of the party. The statement reads, “We, the Tudun Wada North (Ward 6) Exco of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna South Local Government Area wish to affirm our decision on the indefinite suspension of Senator Shehu Sani. “This affirmation was informed by the need for updating the general public and the good people of Kaduna State regarding our collective resolve. “We make bold to say that our decision was based on the provisions of the constitution of our great party. Therefore, Senator Shehu Sani remains suspended. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC), Kaduna State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/shehu-sani-remains-suspended-kaduna-apc-264075.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | APC spokespersons ask Saraki to step down | The Conference of APC Publicity Secretaries (CAPS) has called on Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign from the position immediately. The APC spokespersons from various states, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, said Saraki, as a member of the minority PDP, had lost the moral ground to continue as the Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The statement was signed by Engr. Yahaya Bashir (North-West), Taiwo Olatunbosun (South-West), Engr. Usman Adaji (North-Central), Senibo Chris Finebone (South-South), Mr. Sule Garba (North-East), Arc. Okelo Madukaife (South-East), Secretary, and Engr. Joe Igbokwe (chairman). | Party defection, Saraki. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-spokespersons-ask-saraki-to-step-down-263979.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Defection: Osinbajo meets Akpabio at Villa | Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday met with the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, reportedly to perfect the lawmaker’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former governor of Akwa Ibom State arrived the State House Villa by 3.06pm with the Presidential Aide on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang. The duo went straight into the Vice President’s wing at the State House Villa. The two Akwa Ibom politicians came an hour after President Muhammadu Buhari departed for Bauchi State on an official engagement. The meeting, which lasted till around 5.20pm, came on the heels of Akpabio’s defection plot. Akpabio is said to be mulling defection over his rift with the current governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel. Our correspondent reports that while Akpabio was with the vice president, the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of his party, the PDP, was also going on, with Senate President Bukola Saraki and other defectors from the APC in attendance. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/defection-osinbajo-meets-akpabio-at-villa-263941.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Defection: Osinbajo meets Akpabio at Villa | Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday met with the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, reportedly to perfect the lawmaker’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former governor of Akwa Ibom State arrived the State House Villa by 3.06pm with the Presidential Aide on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang. The duo went straight into the Vice President’s wing at the State House Villa. The two Akwa Ibom politicians came an hour after President Muhammadu Buhari departed for Bauchi State on an official engagement. The meeting, which lasted till around 5.20pm, came on the heels of Akpabio’s defection plot. Akpabio is said to be mulling defection over his rift with the current governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel. Our correspondent reports that while Akpabio was with the vice president, the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of his party, the PDP, was also going on, with Senate President Bukola Saraki and other defectors from the APC in attendance. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/defection-osinbajo-meets-akpabio-at-villa-263941.html | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Group condemns call for Saraki’s resignation | A prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ahmed Raji, has said that contrary to insinuations in some quarters, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, did not violate any known law by defecting from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The senior lawyer, who made the clarification in an interview with The Guardian, explained that only the Senate President was vested with the constitutional powers to reconvene the senate. While expressing doubts that some senators are scheming to forcefully reopen the senate, Raji said: “I do not think anybody has threatened to forcefully reopen the senate. What they have said is that they want to appeal to the leadership to reconvene. | Party defection, Saraki. | https://guardian.ng/politics/group-condemns-call-for-sarakis-resignation/ | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Lagos APC Badagry division holds unity talks among aspirants | As the 2019 general elections draw nearer, leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Badagry division in Lagos, have held peace talks for all its aspirants in the 2019 polls, and advised them to work together for the success of the party irrespective of whoever emerges as the standard bearer for any elective post. The meeting, which was held at the official residence of the deputy governor of the state, Dr Oluranti Adebule, who is also from the division, was attended by top APC members holding political offices from the area. Some of those that attended the meeting included a former deputy governor, Princess Sarah Adebisi Sosan; APC chairman in the division, Prince Rabiu Oluwa; former House of Representatives member and Commissioner for Rural Development during the Babatunde Raji Fashola administration, Cornelius Ojelabi; APC woman leader in the division, serving members of the state executive council and House of Assembly, as well as all the 10 local government chairmen from the region among others | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/lagos-apc-badagry-division-holds-unity-talks-among-aspirants/ | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Buhari to APC supporters: “God will fish out bad eggs among us” | President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters not to be perturbed by the recent defections in the party, saying “God will continue to fish out the bad eggs among us.’’ The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement in Abuja said Buhari gave the advice at a campaign rally in Bauchi on Thursday. The rally was organised to support Alhaji Lawal Gumau, the candidate of APC for the Bauchi South Senatorial bye-election, slated for Aug.11. Buhari assured APC supporters that his administration would continue to work hard to surpass its campaign promises for a better Nigeria. The President told the gathering at the rally that the APC-led government remained faithful in implementing its campaign promises of improving the economy, securing the country and the fight against corruption. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-to-apc-supporters-god-will-fish-out-bad-eggs-among-us-264072.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Buhari to APC supporters: “God will fish out bad eggs among us” | President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters not to be perturbed by the recent defections in the party, saying “God will continue to fish out the bad eggs among us.’’ The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement in Abuja said Buhari gave the advice at a campaign rally in Bauchi on Thursday. The rally was organised to support Alhaji Lawal Gumau, the candidate of APC for the Bauchi South Senatorial bye-election, slated for Aug.11. Buhari assured APC supporters that his administration would continue to work hard to surpass its campaign promises for a better Nigeria. The President told the gathering at the rally that the APC-led government remained faithful in implementing its campaign promises of improving the economy, securing the country and the fight against corruption. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-to-apc-supporters-god-will-fish-out-bad-eggs-among-us-264072.html | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | ‘No micro-zoning in Nasarawa PDP’ | Chairman of the Nasarawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Francis Orogu, has said the party has concluded its zoning arrangement peradventure it won the 2019 governorship seat in the state. Orogu gave the hint recently after a caucus meeting held at the party’s secretariat in Lafia. According to Orogu, “We have zoned the governorship seat to Nasarawa north, deputy governor to the South West, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) to Southern senatorial zone and speaker to South west.” The chairman said it is now left for the respective zones to bring out the candidate to feel up the various seats. He stressed: “No micro zoning as the case maybe. We may go into consensus if the party so decides otherwise we will go to primaries.” Orogu also expressed hope that with the zoning arrangement, the party is ready to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa, come 2019. | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://guardian.ng/politics/no-micro-zoning-in-nasarawa-pdp/ | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Woman can be president in 2019, says Ebonyi REC | Ebonyi State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Godswill Obioma, yesterday encouraged women to engage actively in politics, noting that they stand the chance of clinching the presidency due to their number. Prof. Obioma stated this in Abakaliki, the state capital, during a town hall meeting organised by Actionaid through Participatory Development Alternative (PDA) to sensitise women in political participation. Represented by Nkiru Okpalanozie from the Legal Service Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the REC noted that the time was ripe for women to come out fully and participate in politics. He called on the women to collect their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs), asserting that “women in politics stand better chance of winning elections, considering that they constitute larger number of the electorate in the country.” | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/woman-can-be-president-in-2019-says-ebonyi-rec/ | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Oyinlola emerges coalition of political parties’ leader | Former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State has merged as Chairman of the National Steering Committee of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP). Comprising the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and 38 other political parties, the coalition was formed last month to take over power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. In his remarks, Oyinlola urged circumspection and readiness to stand against any untoward action from the Federal Government. The committee’s membership also includes Senator Ben Obi; Prof. Tunde Adeniran; Alhaji A. A. Salman; Peter Ameh; Dr. Sam Eke; Jeff Opinion; and Igwe Emeka Benjamin. Others are Razak Eyiowuawi; Amb. Shedrach Odion; Okpebholo Abduljalili Tafabalewa; Dr. Tanko Yunusa; Georgina Dakpokpo; Alhaji Buba Galadima while lkenga Ugochinyere and Mark Adebayo are spokespersons. | Coalation of Political Parties. | https://guardian.ng/politics/oyinlola-emerges-coalition-of-political-parties-leader/ | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Ortom warned against linking travails to Buhari | A group, Idoma APC Young Stakeholders (IAPCYS), has advised Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State to stop making an allusion that President Muhammadu Buhari is responsible for his travails. IAPCYS’ Convener, Dominic Alancha, who addressed journalists yesterday in Abuja, said though Ortom had the freedom to associate with any political party of his choice, he should “not stand logic on the head” in a bid to mislead the people. Alancha said, “President Buhari has maintained and shown exemplary leadership even in the face of provocation and harassment by people who misconstrue opposition politicking. “The task of building an enduring country where peace, stability, and justice shall prevail is his constant concern. He would not falter on this note. | Party defections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ortom-warned-against-linking-travails-to-buhari-263982.html | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Wamakko vows showdown, insists APC controls Sokoto | The chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Aliyu Wamakko, has declared that in the coming days, Nigerians would know who really is in charge of Sokoto State. He was reacting to Wednesday’s defection by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside 18 members of the state House of Assembly and others. Wamakko, who is a former governor of the state, said: “The people are solidly behind me, senators, House of Representatives members and elders who have chosen to remain in the APC.” He said the state would not renege on its support for President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC). Insisting the defection is of no consequence, he said: “I pity my younger brother, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://guardian.ng/politics/wamakko-vows-showdown-insists-apc-controls-sokoto/ | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | ‘Why Southeast APC is against Rochas Okorocha’ | Senator Benjamin Chukwuemeka Uwajumogu, the only Senator on All Progressives Congress (APC) before defectors joined, in this interview with Assistant Politics Editor, LEO SOBECHI, gave insight into the problems dogging Southeast zonal chapter of the party. | All Progressives Congress (APC), Imo State. | https://guardian.ng/politics/why-southeast-apc-is-against-rochas-okorocha/ | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | 2019: Tambuwal, Kwankwaso, Saraki get nod to contest PDP ticket | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given room for Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, former governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Senate President Bukola Saraki to contest its presidential ticket ahead of the 2019 general elections. The party also gave leeway to other returnees who wished to contest various offices to do so. Tambuwal, Kwankwaso and Saraki dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP a few days ago ostensibly to contest the party’s presidential ticket. Speaking at the 81st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP yesterday in Abuja, the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, said the returnees have equal rights as the existing members. “Three more governors and some ministers are coming to our fold, they (APC government) are not aware. Security and economy have collapsed, they are not aware. There are killings in different parts of the country, they are not aware. Until we reclaim power in 2019, they won’t be aware of anything,” Secondus said. Secondus also warned against any plot to impeach Saraki. | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-tambuwal-kwankwaso-saraki-get-nod-to-contest-pdp-ticket-263939.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | 2019: Tambuwal, Kwankwaso, Saraki get nod to contest PDP ticket | The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given room for Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, former governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Senate President Bukola Saraki to contest its presidential ticket ahead of the 2019 general elections. The party also gave leeway to other returnees who wished to contest various offices to do so. Tambuwal, Kwankwaso and Saraki dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP a few days ago ostensibly to contest the party’s presidential ticket. Speaking at the 81st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP yesterday in Abuja, the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, said the returnees have equal rights as the existing members. “Three more governors and some ministers are coming to our fold, they (APC government) are not aware. Security and economy have collapsed, they are not aware. There are killings in different parts of the country, they are not aware. Until we reclaim power in 2019, they won’t be aware of anything,” Secondus said. Secondus also warned against any plot to impeach Saraki. | 2019 general elections , Peoples , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2019-tambuwal-kwankwaso-saraki-get-nod-to-contest-pdp-ticket-263939.html | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Young aspirants caution against defection drama | Nigerians have been warned not to be deceived by the gale of defection across the country, but to be focused on choosing leaders with vision and interest of the people at heart. The 15 youth leaders, who spoke to The Guardian yesterday, said they were not intimidated by the macabre dance by the older politicians. National media director for Youth Take Over and Alliance for Greater Africa Foundation (YAGA), Nathan Simeon, noted that “the re-grouping of old looters is a call on all youths to unite irrespective of religion and tribe to positively impact the country”. According to him, it is necessary for youths to realise that power cannot be given, but must be taken. “If they are not ready to unite and take the required actions for a better Nigeria, the wind of political infirmity will never cease to blow. “These are the same people coming together with rebranded names and different platforms to make you feel they are concerned about the current state of things in the country. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://guardian.ng/politics/young-aspirants-caution-against-defection-drama/ | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | 16 Kwara LG chairmen defect to PDP | All the 16 local government chairmen in Kwara State who were elected on the platform of the APC have officially announced their defection to the PDP. Speaking yesterday in Ilorin, the state Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Joshua Omokanye, said their decision was supported by Section 109 (1) (g) and was therefore not in conflict with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Omokanye, who is the Chairman of Oyun Local Government Area, said the defection train had carried along all political office holders at the third tier of government. He said this included council chairmen, vice chairmen, speakers, secretaries, supervisory councillors, the 193 elected councillors and other political appointees in the state. | Party defection. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/16-kwara-lg-chairmen-defect-to-pdp-263980.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | 39 parties open secretariat, raise c’ttees | Political parties numbering 39, under the banner of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), yesterday opened a joint secretariat in Abuja. The CUPP is a coalition initiated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) working to dislodge President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections. Speaking at the inauguration of the secretariat, a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tom Ikimi, who is a key player in the movement, said the CUPP had constituted various committees to prepare grounds for takeover. The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae who spoke at the occasion, advised leaders of various political parties to “be conscious of enemies sowing seeds of discord and remain courageous in the task of rescuing the nation.” | 2019 general elections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/39-parties-open-secretariat-raise-c-ttees-263981.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Only a popular candidate can defeat Buhari — Gov Dickson | The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, yesterday, said only a popular candidate will be fielded to fly the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) flag in the 2019 general elections so as to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari. Gov. Dickson also charged the members of the PDP to work together in order to build a cohesive and united party, rather than engaging in anti-party activities that could undermine their fortune. Dickson, who made the call at a consultative meeting with stakeholders of the PDP at the Government House, Yenagoa, added that anti-party posturing could affect the chances of the PDP in next year’s elections. | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/only-a-popular-candidate-can-defeat-buhari-gov-dickson-263978.html | 3 |
| The Guardian.ng | Friday, August 3, 2018 | South-South NCP rejects meeting over alleged alliance with PDP | The South-South Zone, National Conscience Party (NCP), has rejected the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Consultative Council (NCC) meeting billed to start on Friday in Abuja. Pastor Peters Omoragbon, National Deputy Chairman, NCP, South-South, made the position known in a statement in Lagos. Omoragbon said that the rejection was due alleged unapproved NCP alliance with PDP.He said that the rejection decision was taken by the party’s leaders in zone during a meeting in Port Harcourt. According to Omoragbon, the NCP National Chairman, Dr Tanko Yunusa, should withdraw the party from the alleged alliance before such a meeting. | Coalation of Political Parties. | https://guardian.ng/politics/south-south-ncp-rejects-meeting-over-alleged-alliance-with-pdp/ | 3 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | I Am Still in APC, Says Kano Deputy Gov | The Kano State Deputy Governor, Prof. Hafiz Abubaka has denied the report that he defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “I have not resigned; I am still the deputy governor of Kano State. I am currently in Abuja attending an official function; that is, the National Council of Education meeting,” he said. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Abubakar debunked the report, adding that he is still the deputy governor of Kano State. The purported defection of the deputy governor was announced on the PDP twitter handle welcoming him and the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who defected on Wednesday. Abubakar added that he would take decision on his political future at an appropriate time, after consultations. “I will take decision on my political future at an appropriate time after due consultation with my political leaders,” he added. He therefore blamed “some agents” of the state government for spreading the rumour. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC). | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/08/03/i-am-still-in-apc-says-kano-deputy-gov/ | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Why Niger governor met Tambuwal — Aide | Alhaji Sani Bello travelled to Sokoto to advise his fellow Governor Aminu Tambuwal against his defection, a political associate and adviser on strategy to the Niger State governor, Chief Ray Murphy, has said. Murphy, who reacted yesterday to the social media reports suggesting that Governor Bello was one of the governors that would defect from the APC to the PDP, dismissed the insinuation as false. He said the governor and his people were happy with the APC and President Muhammadu Buhari. He quoted the governor as saying that those decamping were making a mistake because their destinations would not be better than APC. Murphy said: “As a member of the APC, the governor is satisfied and his people are satisfied and he is concerned with the progress of the APC in Niger State. | Party defections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/why-niger-governor-met-tambuwal-aide-263976.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | Shehu Sani remains suspended – Kaduna APC | The Tudun Wada North chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has affirmed the suspension of the senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani. APC Tudun Wada North chapter In Kaduna State in a statement signed by its chairman, Ibrahim Salisu Togo said its decision was based on the constitution of the party. The statement reads, “We, the Tudun Wada North (Ward 6) Exco of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna South Local Government Area wish to affirm our decision on the indefinite suspension of Senator Shehu Sani. “This affirmation was informed by the need for updating the general public and the good people of Kaduna State regarding our collective resolve. “We make bold to say that our decision was based on the provisions of the constitution of our great party. Therefore, Senator Shehu Sani remains suspended. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC), Kaduna State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/shehu-sani-remains-suspended-kaduna-apc-264075.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Friday, August 3, 2018 | We won’t short-change anybody — Buhari | President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that his administration will not short-change Nigerians and will not allow anybody to cheat or short-change them. Buhari spoke in Bauchi, yesterday, at a rally to canvass support for Lawal Yahaya Gumau, the party’s candidate in the forthcoming Bauchi South Senatorial District by-election. He said the APC campaigned and Nigerians voted for its candidates on the premise and hope of having improved security, fighting corruption and curbing socio-economic challenges. “I want you to know that what we are doing is the best for the country and for you. We also want to inform you that we will not short-change you or allow anybody to short-change you. “Our aim is to make the country better in terms of security, economy and the fight against bribery and corruption. It is on these promises that we campaigned and you voted for us. We will never forget this,” he said. Speaking on the election, the president urged the people of Bauchi South to vote for the party’s candidate in the by-election. | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/we-won-t-short-change-anybody-buhari-263975.html | 3 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | APC appoints Nabena acting spokesman | The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has endorsed the appointment of Yekini Nabena as acting national publicity secretary of the party. The appointment followed the resignation of the APC National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, who officially tendered his resignation letter yesterday. A letter of appointment signed by the APC National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, which was addressed to Yekini Nabena, said the development was sequel to the resignation of Malam Abdullahi. | 2019 general elections, All Progressives Congress(APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/apc-appoints-nabena-acting-spokesman-263791.html | 2 |
| The Guardian.ng | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Resign as senate president, Oshiomhole tells Saraki | Following the gale of defections in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), its national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has enjoined Bukola Saraki to immediately resign his position as senate president. The former Edo State governor was reacting yesterday in Abuja to Tuesday’s defection of Saraki to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Specifically, the APC chairman had led some senators to a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. Fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the parley, Oshiomhole, who stated that he was not taken aback by the cross-carpeting, however, noted that it was imperative for Saraki to relinquish his post since he is now in a minority party at the parliament. “Whatever is the reason, we can decamp from party but we can’t decamp from Nigeria. The only thing is that there are other consequential issues that every man or woman of honour who had taken such decisions would be expected to follow through.“I mean you should not collect a crown that belongs to a family and wear it on behalf of the family for your personal reasons. | Party defection, Saraki. | https://guardian.ng/politics/resign-as-senate-president-oshiomhole-tells-saraki/ | 2 |
| The Guardian.ng | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Buhari has devalued governance, says Lamido | A former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that governance under President Muhammadu Buhari has lost value and purpose, stressing that the situation requires immediate change. Lamido, a presidential aspirant on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), made the remarks, yesterday, in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, while canvasing support of delegates ahead of the forthcoming convention of the party. He declared: “Under the current Federal Government, life has no value as Nigerians are killed like flies and the president is not bothered because he is a “ para-civilian.” Lamido urged Nigerians to put aside religious, ethnic and political differences to vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government during next year’s general elections. | 2019 general elections | https://guardian.ng/politics/buhari-has-devalued-governance-says-lamido/ | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | ‘Senator Adeleke not ordered to present certificate’ | The judge of the Osun State High Court 4, Justice David Oladimeji, yesterday stated that the court did not order the candidate of the PDP for the September 22 election in the state, Senator Ademola Adeleke, to present his certificate in six days as reported by the media. Speaking at the court during the continuation of the case, Justice Oladimeji said the court was misrepresented in the media report and threatened to send any journalist that misrepresented him again to prison. The judge was reacting to a protest by one of the counsels in the matter, Mr Edmund Biriomoni, who represented the first, second and third respondents, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the PDP and the National Chairman of the party, Chief Uche Secondus. Justice Oladimeji said “Gentlemen of the press, misrepresenting the court is contemptuous. If you misrepresent this court again, the court will send for you and you will be sent to the prison. “Instead of reporting erroneously, you can request for the record of what transpired in the court from the court registrar and it will be given to you because it is public document, not secret,” he said. | Osun State 2018 Governorship Election, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/-senator-adeleke-not-ordered-to-present-certificate-263789.html | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Saraki praises Appeal court ruling on election sequence | Senate president Bukola Saraki has praised an appeal court judgement uphold the power of the legislature to make laws. It comes after a federal high court had sought to stop the National Assembly from over-riding the assent of the presidency on a bill to amend election sequence. A statement by Saraki’s special media and publicity adviser Yusuph Olaniyonu said the judgement makes clear that the National Assembly was right when it passed the bill stating the sequence of elections and that the legislature reversed its decision on the issue, after President Mohammadu Buhari refused assent to the bill, in the interest of peace and to forestall any legal obstacle on the way of the 2019 elections. "I have always believed in the need to test our laws in court by seeking judicial interpretations on contentious issues. By doing so, we will be expanding the scope of our laws, sharpening the rough edges of legislation and assserting our faith in the judiciary as a fundamental arbiter," the Senate President stated. | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/saraki-praises-appeal-court-ruling-on-election-sequence-263740.html | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | My constituents against defection — Kwara APC lawmaker | The only lawmaker of the All Progressives Congress (APC) remaining in the Kwara State House of Assembly, Saheed Popoola, said yesterday that he did not follow his colleagues to PDP because his constituents were against it. Popoola, representing Ojomu/Balogun constituency of the state, told journalists in Ilorin yesterday, that he would institute a legal action against the House over allegations of forgery and dude cheque against him. Popoola said that he had consulted with his lawyer, Festus Keyamo. “As I’m talking to you, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN) is on his way to Ilorin for the details of this matter. I have to take them to court over these allegations leveled against me. “They made the overtures to go to PDP to me, and I needed to consult with my constituency, and after the consultations, I was told to stay back in APC and not to follow them to PDP. So, I don’t have any other choice than to heed the voice of my constituency who put me here. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/my-constituents-against-defection-kwara-apc-lawmaker-263785.html | 2 |
| The Guardian.ng | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Adegoke seeks nullification of Osun APC gubernatorial primary | A governorship aspirant in Osun State, Kunle Rasheed Adegoke, has approached the Abuja federal high court to nullify the Osun gubernatorial primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adegoke, who joined the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the suit, said the primary did not comply with the regulation for the conduct of political party primaries.He therefore prayed the court to declare it unconstitutional, unlawful, null and void. He declared that the primary election conducted by APC on the July 20, 2018 is in flagrant violation of the constitution of the 1st defendant (APC) and the regulation for the conduct of political party primaries of INEC. Adegoke prayed: “A declaration that, by the provisions of the constitution of the All Progressives Congress 2014 (as amended), article 20(v) thereof, it is ultra vires the 1st defendant to organize, hold and conduct the governorship primary election held on the 20th day of July, 2018 in Osun state without rules and regulations made by its national working committee and duly approved by its national executive committee for the purpose of nomination of candidates through primary elections. | Osun State 2018 Governorship elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) Primaries. | https://guardian.ng/politics/adegoke-seeks-nullification-of-osun-apc-gubernatorial-primary/ | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Buhari support group passes vote of confidence on Sheriff | The National Executive of the Presidential Support Committee (PSC) has passed a vote of confidence on Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the director general of the group. Coming out of its NEC meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, which was chaired by the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Political Affairs, Gideon Samani, the committee, made up of over 300 Buhari support groups, reaffirmed Sheriff as it’s leader after a motion by Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara) which was seconded by Senator Florence Ita Giwa (Cross River). Samani said the objective of establishing the PSC was to have an interim measure of getting people who were die-hard supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to begin to sensitise the masses on the achievements of the administration. He said the committee would also work with the national leadership of the APC to resolve all issues that came out of the wards, local governments and states’ congresses of the party. | 2019 general elections. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-support-group-passes-vote-of-confidence-on-sheriff-263792.html | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Defections won’t affect APC with Buhari as candidate — Rep Jibrin | A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumini Jibrin (APC, Kano), said yesterday that with President Muhammadu Buhari as candidate of the ruling party, the gale of defections by party members to PDP have made 2019 a no contest. In an interview with select journalists in Abuja, Jibrin said he would have been jittery by the defections if President Buhari would not go for a second term. He said Nigerians should look forward to fresh crisis in PDP soon because most of the key personalities that dumped the APC had presidential ambitions. “For us, there is this consensus within the party; we are just waiting for the timetable to go and do the formalities and adopt President Buhari as the candidate. And with him as our candidate, we are not threatened by all the people that are defecting,” he said. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/defections-won-t-affect-apc-with-buhari-as-candidate-rep-jibrin-263788.html | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Dokubo drums N/Delta support for Buhari’s re-election | The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on the Niger Delta, Prof Charles Quaker Dokubo, has called on leaders in the oil rich region to support the president’s reelection bid. Dokubo, who is also the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), urged all the people of the Niger Delta to ensure that the current peace enjoyed in the region was maintained. He said this during a visit to a Niger Delta activist and peace advocate, Chief Mike Ekayama Loyibo. He said the region had a lot to benefit from the current peace and the president’s reelection come 2019. | 2019 general elections | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/dokubo-drums-n-delta-support-for-buhari-s-re-election-263790.html | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | ... 23 KWHA members defect to PDP | Twenty-three of the 24 members of the APC controlled Kwara State House of Assembly have defected to PDP. Speaking yesterday on the floor of the House of Assembly in Ilorin, Speaker Ali Ahmad said the move was permitted by the proviso to Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The speaker, who said he heaved a sigh of relief as he and other members of the house dumped APC, added that he wished he was never a member of the party. “As politicians who allow the interests and welfare of their constituents to occupy the front seats, wide consultations have been made with people at the grassroots,” he said. | Party defection. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/-23-kwha-members-defect-to-pdp-263786.html | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Kwara PDP members decamp to APC | Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, yesterday, said they have moved to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to guard against working with Senate President Bukola Saraki. The state chairman of the PDP, Mr. Iyiola Oyedepo, who led the decampees, also said that the sun had finally set for the opposition party in the state. This was contained in a statement he jointly signed with the former secretary of the party, Lateef Alakawa. “With the defection of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and his cronies into the PDP in Kwara State, the sun has set on that party in the state. “I have said it repeatedly that darkness and light cannot co-habit. The clown adept at political manipulation represents sour taste in the mouth of the people of Kwara for the past 16 years. “We the brand of politicians that build PDP Kwara to a mass movement cannot be part of the odour emitting from the party henceforth,” the statement added. According to the statement, the leadership of the PDP in Kwara had warned the national leadership of the party. “We warned the national leadership of the party not to pollute the party heading for victory in the state in 2019… If the party has lost Ekiti, Ondo and Edo since 2015 elections, the party has no hope in Kwara in 2019. | Party defection. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State. | Party defection. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State. | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Ortom alleges plan to destabilise Benue | Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State yesterday alleged plot “by some powerful people to destabilise the state occasioned by the invasion of part of the state by herders with over 10,000 cattle.” Ortom, who spoke with newsmen in Makurdi, noted that reports reaching him from the Guma Council chairman, Anthony Shawon, indicated that the herders had already taken over part of the area and were grazing freely. “I have been told that after the Operation Whirl Stroke succeeded in chasing away the herdsmen, they have started moving into Guma again as at yesterday. I have already informed the Commander of OPWS and I hope security agencies will take up the matter. “This is a deliberate plan to destabilize the state. What you saw at the Benue State House of Assembly is just the first phase. But as a law abiding citizen, my duty is to do intelligence gathering and report to relevant authorities,” he said. | Impeachment move, Benue State. | https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ortom-alleges-plan-to-destabilise-benue-263793.html | 2 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Niger Delta group endorses Buhari’s second term bid | A group, Niger Delta Youths, Women and Security Movement for Buhari (NDYW&SMB), said yesterday that its support for the second term bid of President Muhammadu Buhari is hinged on the peace and development being sustained by the APC administration in the Niger Delta region. The president of the group, Mr Felix Ubokan, who stated this in a statement, said their support for Buhari was not for selfish or political reasons, stressing that they trusted the president and believed in the commitment he made to provide basic social amenities in an atmosphere of peace and dialogue devoid of militancy. “We know this administration has words of hope for the region; our people are patiently expecting its materialization. We have made our people to appreciate the fact that any government on board is ours to support and there is no government without good plans and programmes for its citizens,” Ubokan said. The Niger Delta activist also decried activities of some politicians who were allegedly promoting violence by forming militant organisations “in order to destabilise the region for personal gains and to bring the Buhari administration to its knees.” | 2019 general elections | view | 1 |
| ThisDaylive Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Saraki, Ahmed, Ibeto Finally Defect to PDP | Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Deji Elumoye, Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) continued to stew in crisis Tuesday as Senate President Bukola Saraki, Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, finally left the party and returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki’s defection ended weeks of speculations about his political future even as leaders of the APC, including President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, redoubled efforts to persuade him to stay back in the party he helped to form in 2013. But the Senate president, who first announced his exit on his Twitter handle, followed by a statement signed by him, said their interventions came a little too late, explaining that fifth columnist had done too much damage before they stepped in. | Party defection. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Tambuwal: What we’ve now is ‘prison-yard democracy’ | Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians to reject what he describes as ‘prison-yard democracy’ as represented by the recent alleged high-handedness by some security agencies against democratic institutions in the country. The governor in a statement yesterday condemned the recent happenings in Benue State and Abuja, where security agencies reportedly meddled in the affairs of Benue State House of Assembly and the National Assembly. There are strong indications that Tambuwal would dump the APC for PDP today amidst speculations that he would also vie for the presidency. “It is unfortunate for Nigerians to endure the growling nightmare occasioned by deprivation of most things that democracy should provide,” he said. He said that legitimate political choices and movements, including cross-carpeting, were part of a democratic enterprise. | 2019 general elections, Tambuwal. | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Saraki's sister, Gbemisola declares support for Buhari, APC | Senator Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki, the younger sister to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has declared her "unwavering support" for President Muhammadu Buhari. She also pledged her commitment to the success of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and across the country in the 2019 elections. The declaration came immediately after her brother dumped the APC and returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a message sent to our correspondent, Gbemisola, who is the Chairman, Governing Council of Federal University of Otuoke, Bayelsa state, said she would soon galvanize all her supporters and associates to begin a re-election campaign for Buhari. The message read in full: "I maintain my unwavering support for President Muhammadu Buhari, now and for his re-election in 2019, and for the success of our party, the APC, in Kwara State and across the federation. "All members of my political organisations including GRS Movement (GRSM); GRS Foundation (GRSF); GRS Friends on Facebook (GRSFOF); Paramount Women Forum (PWF) and GRS Grassroots Youth Movement (GRS-GYM) will begin to implement the first phase of our "Get-Out-The-Vote for PMB and APC. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC) | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | S’South leader tasks APC on defectors | The Coordinator of the South-South Legacy Movement, (SSLM), Comrade Wilfred Frank Ogbotobo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the ruling APC to be decisive on the gale of defection rocking the National Assembly. He told Daily Trust yesterday on telephone that ruling party should not allow itself to be taken for a ride by selfish politicians. “In the case of the R-APC, we are dealing with renowned trouble-makers who are fundamentally on ego trip, seeking selfish ambition. “We call on the Presidency, national leadership of the party and APC Caucus in the National Assembly to immediately take bold and decisive steps to redirect the legislature on the path of fulfilling its responsibilities to the expectations of Nigerians,” he said. | All Progressives Congress (APC) internal crisis, Saraki. | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Oshiomhole swears-in Imo APC chair | The National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has sworn in Mr Daniel Madueke Nwafor as the new chairman of the party in Imo State amidst court injunction obtained by one of the factions in the leadership tussle. Oshiomhole who spoke after administering the oath of office to the new state chairman charged him to carry all members along in the operations of the party. He pledged to work with Governor Rochas Okorocha to ensure that varied interests were integrated into the new party structure ahead of the 2019 general elections. Reacting, Nwafor who promised to be impartial in handling the affairs of the party, said the ceremony did affect the court ruling. | All Progressives Congress (APC), Imo State. | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | APC queried Bukola Saraki hours after his defection to PDP | The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) queried the Senate President, Bukola Saraki late yesterday night, hours after he announced his defection from the party on his twitter handle. APC was asking him to respond within 48 hours why disciplinary action ought not to be taken against him for breaching article 21 of the party constitution. The NWC, in a resolution signed by the APC National Secretary, Mai Maila Buni, said the senate president had allegedly flouted the laws of the party with his activities. Some of the allegations raised against him includes that “you encouraged and facilitated by providing an enabling environment for the defection of some senators who are members of the APC to the other opposition Parties. “That you have deliberately refused to screen nominees for appointments submitted by Mr President who are members of the party from being confirmed by the senate. This has caused untold embarrassment and ridicule to the party and the government. “That you have organized a public rally in your state where members of the party urged you to decamp to PDP. That as a follow up to the above the Kwara state governor who is known to be your staunch supporter had made public pronouncements suggesting that he will decamp from the party as an indicator to your formal defection. “That you used the office of the senate President to cause avoidable delays in the budgetary process and passage of the appropriation act into law thereby frustrating the implementation of the party’s manifesto and programs and frustrating the APC led Federal Government in the actualization of the campaign promises of the party | Party defection, Saraki. | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Kogi not in safe hands — PDP lawmakers | The Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the National Assembly has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately stop “the reign of terror” allegedly going on in the state. The lawmakers said during a press conference in Abuja yesterday that “lawlessness and anarchy are the order of the day in Kogi State,” noting that unless urgent action was taken to stem the situation, elections could not be safely conducted in the state. They alleged that the state government was using all the security apparatus at its disposal to harass and intimidate them and anybody with alternative views to those of the state governor. Comprising of three senators and five members of the House of Reps, the Kogi PDP lawmakers said, “The governor is using the security apparatus of the state at his disposal to intimidate, terrorise and unleash violence on holders of alternative political views to his. “As stakeholders in Kogi State and representatives of our various constituents, we are worried by the recent developments in the political space in the state,” they said. | 2019 general elections, Kogi State. | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Kaduna APC: Hunkuyi’s political retirement imminent | The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the statement attributed to Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi that he will unseat Malam Nasir el-Rufai as governor next year as a baseless boast that does not reflect the reality on ground. The party, in statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Salisu Tanko Wusono, said Hunkuyi was seeking refuge in empty boasts because the process of his retirement from politics would be concluded in 2019. The APC said Hunkuyi should have known that boastfulness could not take the place of political substance. “Hunkuyi boasted in 2003 that he will defeat the incumbent governor. He failed, only to hurry back to the PDP as soon as he was defeated to the surprise of the APP that had given him its governorship ticket. “Hunkuyi failed in every election until the APC gave him its ticket to contest the senatorial election in 2015. This should have prompted some humility and gratitude that the APC had made him electable. But Hunkuyi preferred to delude himself that he made the APC victorious,” Wusono said. | Party defection. All Progressives Congress (APC), Kaduna State. | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Justice Nasir urges caution ahead of 2019 | A former president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mamman Nasir, has called on politicians at all levels to exercise caution and avoid causing disunity through their utterances as the 2019 general elections approach. Addressing the second Round Table on Mitigating Conflicts and Insecurity in the North, organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation (SABMF) in Kaduna, the elder statesman tasked politicians to come together irrespective of their political, religious or ethnic leanings and ensure that the interest of the people was uppermost in whatever they did to move the country forward. “We appeal to all political leaders to cool down ahead of the 2019 elections. Please forget all the selfish interests, negative defence, and ensure positive approach to leadership. The politicians should come together, think of Nigeria, think of our children and our grandchildren. “The people should choose whoever they want as leaders but we should be guaranteed of peaceful governance. This is our appeal to the politicians,” Justice Nasir said. | 2019 general elections | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | I’m not interested in Oyo gov’ship — Adedoja | A former Minister of Sports and Special Duties, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, said yesterday that he is not interested in the 2019 governorship contest in Oyo State. Prof. Adedoja who contested the office of PDP national chairman during the December 2017 national convention of the party, said in a statement yesterday that he preferred to use his political experience to build the PDP in the state. “I have turned down the requests by some PDP stakeholders in Oyo State to contest the 2019 governorship election in the state because I want to make sacrifice for the development of the party. “I prefer to be one of the key stakeholders and builders of our great party for a cohesive front for democracy to survive,” he said. The ex-minister who served under former President Goodluck Jonathan, had after the PDP’s convention took the party to court for declaring that he scored no vote after allegedly omitting his name on the ballot papers. | 2019 general elections, Oyo State. | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Court stops inauguration of new Imo deputy gov | The inauguration of Imo State Head of Service, Mr Callistus Ekenze, as the new deputy governor of the state was aborted yesterday following an order of an Owerri High Court. The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Pascal Nnadi, could not go ahead with the anticipated swearing in of Mr Ekenze who became deputy governor on Monday following the impeachment of Prince Eze Madumere by the state House of Assembly. The Sam Mbakwe Hall venue of the event was already filled with guests, including Governor Rochas Okorocha and other government functionaries, when the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Militus Nlemadium, walked in and told the audience that the event could no longer hold. He said there was a court order made by the Owerri High Court the day before stopping the CJ from swearing in the deputy governor designate. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, confirmed the development in a statement. | Impeachment, Imo State. | view | 1 |
| Daily Trust Online | Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | ‘Fayemi’ll not be vindictive’ | A chieftain of the APC in Ekiti State, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, has said the incoming governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, will not be vindictive while probing the outgoing government of Ayodele Fayose as being viewed in some quarters. Osinkolu, a senatorial aspirant on the platform of the APC was reacting to a statement credited to the Special Assistant to Governor Fayose on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka, in which he alleged that Fayemi specifically sought reelection to scheme vengeance against Fayose. But Osinkolu said Fayemi would not make probing Fayose his priority as being envisaged but would surely look into the financial books of the state under the PDP-led government. | Ekiti State Governorship. | view | 1 |